abdul the chemical attacker abdul ezedi reportedly been given ezedi has reportedly been given a full muslim funeral , and a full muslim funeral, and that's despite him claiming to have converted to christianity in order to remain in the uk. pressing questions are now being asked about our broken asylum system. is it fit for purpose? is it time for a full inquiry and do you have faith in the nhs? well, a shocking new survey released today puts public satisfaction with the national health service at a record low, dropping to its worst level since the survey has been running. we're in a toxic relationship with the nhs. is it time for a divorce ? and to the time for a divorce? and to the teacher who lost his job for refusing to use a trans people's preferred pronouns, hearing today will decide if it was fair today will decide if it was fair to sack him and we'll get the latest on that judgement as it comes through. and that's all coming in your next action packed hour. thanks forjoining

me on the show. it's always an absolute pleasure to have your company. the case of abdul ezedi embodies, signifies, represents crystallised as everything that's wrong with our broken asylum system. he came into the country illegally in 2016 on the back of a lorry, wasn't stopped . back of a lorry, wasn't stopped. nobody thought of deporting him after he committed two sexual offences. he didn't even go to prison . he was on a suspended prison. he was on a suspended sentence. two attempts at asylum later refused . he magically later refused. he magically decided to convert to christianity , despite the fact christianity, despite the fact that the judge had pointed out that the judge had pointed out that ezedi had repeatedly lied about his entire story. for being in britain was a shape shifting concoction of fantasies, and yet they took his word, and then he went on to commit that that chemical attack. now the final insult . attack. now the final insult. he's been granted a muslim funeral. his family didn't

believe he was christian. why did the home office, why did the judges, why did the church get in touch ? that's the big in touch? that's the big question today. is it time for a full scale inquiry? every single level, every interface case with officialdom surely needs to be investigated . heads must roll. investigated. heads must roll. let me know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first it's vaiews@gbnews.com. but first wsfime vaiews@gbnews.com. but first it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories first to the us, where audio has emerged detailing the moment that emergency workers tried to evacuate a bridge in baltimore shortly before it collapsed . collapsed. >> there's a ship approaching and just lost their steering . so and just lost their steering. so until he got under control, we got stop all traffic , 13 got stop all traffic, 13 dispatch. the whole bridge just fell down. start start. whoever. everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed . collapsed. >> it comes after the for search

survivors was suspended with six construction workers. now presumed dead. video footage captured the moment a cargo ship crashed into the francis scott key bridge yesterday morning. the city's port, which was one of the busiest in the east of the united states, is now closed indefinitely . here the united states, is now closed indefinitely. here in the united states, is now closed indefinitely . here in the the united states, is now closed indefinitely. here in the uk, a poll has found that less than 1 in 4 people are satisfied with the nhs , its lowest level since the nhs, its lowest level since records began 40 years ago. with lack of access to gps among the top concerns. long waiting times are also a major worry, with just 24% saying they're satisfied with the health service. that's down from 70% in 2010, the report found that tightening funding and chronic workforce shortages over the past decade has left the nhs in a continual state of crisis. education secretary gillian keegan says the government is committed to making improvements. >> the nhs has had, you know, to deal with the pandemic and we all know that that has created huge backlogs and huge waiting

lists and we're all committed to catch up, to provide a faster, simpler, fairer nhs. we're investing £165 billion a year. obviously if you're investing that much, you want to have people satisfied with the service they're getting. but we do know that we've been tackling , i mean, think for the last four months, the waiting lists have started come down, but have started to come down, but we're tackling a huge backlog. what's interesting actually what's interesting is actually england, the conservative run england, the conservative run england performance and the england the performance and the catch up is much better than in labour run wales or in snp run scotland . scotland. >> there was a 54% increase in sewage in england's waterways last year compared to 2022, pushing figures to their highest level . the environment agency level. the environment agency says it's due to storm overflows with untreated sewage dumped into rivers and seas. it comes amid rising concern for the state of england's waterways, with a part of the river thames that's to be used for the boat race this weekend, found to be contaminated with e.coli. leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey says he's been warning the conservatives about what he

called a sewage for called a sewage scandal for years , liberal democrats have years, liberal democrats have been warning the conservatives about this sewage scandal for years. >> but the fact that it's polluting our rivers , our polluting our rivers, our beaches and pushing ecosystems to brink of collapse . to the brink of collapse. >> but rishi sunak and the conservatives just haven't listened. they've done far too little. >> that's why we need a national environmental emergency to be declared and the sage health experts to come to make sure that we are protecting human health, which is in danger because of this , two people because of this, two people suspected of providing financial support to a news agency that promotes the hamas terror group are to be sanctioned by the british government. >> counter—terror prism powers have been used to sanction asma sultana and mustafa ayyash. they're suspected of supporting gaza , now a media network gaza, now a media network accused of promoting terrorism . accused of promoting terrorism. both individuals and the companies they control will be subject to a full asset freeze . subject to a full asset freeze. a review has found that a ten

month old baby, who was murdered by his parents just weeks after being handed back to them, should have been in protective care. finlay boden's parents, shannon marsden and stephen boden, inflicted over 100 injuries on their son before he died in his family home in chesterfield, derbyshire, on christmas day in 2020. they were given life sentences in may. a safeguarding review found practices in the local authority were inadequate. it said that while finlay's parents were responsible for his death , responsible for his death, professional interventions should have protected him . a should have protected him. a mural by banksy in north london has been fenced off by a local council. the artwork in finsbury park features splashes of green paint on a residential building behind a cut back tree, giving the appearance of lush green leaves. credit was claimed by the street artist on his social media, but just days later it was vandalised with white paint. islington council says it's discussing future solutions with the home owner that will enable

everyone to enjoy the artwork, while also protecting it . and while also protecting it. and lawmakers in thailand have voted overwhelmingly in support of same sex marriage . it's an same sex marriage. it's an historic step for one of asia's most liberal countries , and will most liberal countries, and will make it the only nation in southeast asia to recognise same sex unions. it comes after years of campaigning and a bill that's almost ten years in the making. it's expected to be passed into law by the end of the year. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. carmelites. now back to . martin. >> thank you. tatiana. right, let's get stuck in to today's show. first up, a story which suggests that our asylum system is completely unfit for purpose . is completely unfit for purpose. it's now emerged that the clapham chemical attacker abdul ezedi received a full muslim

funeral. despite claiming to have converted to christianity in order to remain in the uk. court documents have also revealed that a judge accepted ezedi was a christian convert, despite concerns the sex offender was a proven liar , and offender was a proven liar, and the home office has warned that the home office has warned that the reputation of christian churches could be damaged if they are viewed as undermining they are viewed as undermining the integrity of the asylum system. well, we can now speak with gb news home and security editor mark white. mark, the case of abdul ezedi seems to crystallise everything that's wrong with the broken british asylum system and the news today that ezedi, who claimed to be a christian, instead has been given a muslim funeral. many mark are seeing as the final insult. >> yeah, i mean, i think the asylum system as a whole, potentially it does indeed , cast potentially it does indeed, cast some serious shadows over that . some serious shadows over that. but in terms of pointing an

accusatory finger at the home office on this occasion , i think office on this occasion, i think that finger of blame probably should be pointed in other directions. the home office can be criticised for a lot of things, but on this particular occasion, when abdul ezedi came illegally to the uk in 2016, the home office assessed his asylum claims and didn't believe that he was fit and proper to receive asylum and twice refused him asylum and twice refused him asylum , in terms of the sexual asylum, in terms of the sexual offences he committed while awaiting his asylum decisions. well, that was a judge, an independent judge, and not the home office that decides that he should not be jailed on that occasion . and then what you had, occasion. and then what you had, what the home office had been warning of for some time is an industry of individuals and organisations from charities and human rights groups to immigration lawyers to , and

immigration lawyers to, and members, influential members of the community like clergymen and women coming forward and willing to go into bat for asylum seekers when they've been refused asylum to try to get that overturned. and this abdul ezedi case appears to be a perfect example of that, where twice the home office said that he should be denied asylum and removed from the country, others intervened and on this occasion that judge again an independent judge in newcastle, who decided that this asylum decision should be overturned, based his evidence on the evidence of a clergyman, roy merrin, a reverend former baptist minister for the grange road baptist church in jarrow, near newcastle, who had baptised abdul ezedi, who had written to the judge who had testified in person, to the judge who had

provided pictures of the baptism, and also of ezedi handing out leaflets. christian leaflets in the local community. he had said that he believed that abdul ezedi was an upstanding member of the church, that he was sincere in his conversion to christianity, and the judge was swayed by that. the judge was swayed by that. in cidentally, despite acknowledging that abdul azad's character was one of deceit and lies , a man who, when he came lies, a man who, when he came here first claimed that his brother had been shot dead in afghanistan , only to change that afghanistan, only to change that story later and say that his brother was killed in a bombing attack. he also said when he came to the uk that he was a shia muslim, only later to change that to admit that he was indeed a sunni muslim , and he indeed a sunni muslim, and he claimed that his conversion to christianity would mean that his

family was at great risk. were at great risk in afghanistan, and offered no evidence as to how they would even have known or anyone who would have done his family any harm would even have known about his christian, his conversion to christianity . his conversion to christianity. despite all of these things, the judge was swayed by the evidence given by this member of the clergy. and that's what the home office feels that it's up against all of the time. this industry of individuals and organisations willing to go out on a limb to try to do what they can to ensure that asylum seekers are allowed, allowed to stay. and when you've got people like reverend roy merrin, who, incidentally , is refusing to incidentally, is refusing to comment today on this saga, he is an individual who has some standing, of course, in the community and who a judge will take quite seriously the evidence that this, minister was

giving to that appeal hearing. so on this particular occasion, while there's plenty we can point the finger of blame at the home office for, i think the finger of blame probably should point in other directions . martin. >> mark white, an excellent and comprehensive summary as ever. thank you for joining comprehensive summary as ever. thank you forjoining us on the thank you for joining us on the show. this afternoon. and joining me now is michael phillips , consultant lawyer of phillips, consultant lawyer of the christian legal centre. welcome to the show, michael. you may have heard it there abdul ezedi a serial liar, a sex offender, lied twice, denied asylum and then had a miraculous conversion to christianity. a judge decided to believe that the reverend roy merrin decided to believe that. and then we find out today, ezedi has had a full muslim funeral. his family clearly didn't believe he was muslim. why did that reverend believe him ? and what does this believe him? and what does this say about christianity ? this man

say about christianity? this man seems to be no more a christian than i'm a martian. seems to be no more a christian than i'm a martian . yes, i think than i'm a martian. yes, i think in some ways one can have a lot of sympathy with this particular judge, and also maybe even with this particular reverend. i think that there's a real lack of understanding as to what it is to be a true christian, not only to be a true christian, but somebody who's moved away from islam, because people who really do move away from islam. >> met 1 or 2 of them. >> and i've met 1 or 2 of them. i've been to these tribunals, i've been to these tribunals, i've seen people give expert evidence kinds of evidence in these kinds of situations, order situations, but in order to really become christian and really become a christian and move islam, it in fact move away from islam, it in fact it involves a renunciation of islam . and so i think it's one islam. and so i think it's one thing to stand in a town centre to hand out some leaflets, maybe even get baptised, even even to get baptised, even though a very though that's obviously a very important it's another important step. but it's another thing, to publicly thing, maybe, to publicly say that renounce islam, that i renounce islam, i renounce i renounce renounce mohammed, i renounce allah, and i think that if you had to do something like that in those circumstances, i think that that would really, separate the wheat from the chaff, because there's going to be very

few people who are going to want to do that if they are not truly converted. and when i read through the, the, the questioning that man questioning that this man went through home office, questioning that this man went throu1was home office, questioning that this man went throu1was no home office, questioning that this man went throu1was no heart1e office, questioning that this man went throu1was no heart in office, questioning that this man went throu1was no heart in it fice, questioning that this man went throu1was no heart in it . ce, questioning that this man went throu1was no heart in it. there there was no heart in it. there didn't seem to be any love for who jesus and that's who jesus is. and that's essentially what a christian is. it's somebody who's fallen in love the person jesus love with the person of jesus christ. just giving christ. and he was just giving very and terse answers to very short and terse answers to the questions that were put to him. anybody who reads this him. and anybody who reads this transcript can okay, maybe transcript can see, okay, maybe he few mistakes here and he made a few mistakes here and there, but he really have there, but did he really have a relationship with christ? well, i certainly don't so. from i certainly don't think so. from the that he gave here. i certainly don't think so. from the unfortunately, we here. i certainly don't think so. from the unfortunately, it! here. i certainly don't think so. from the unfortunately, it seems and but unfortunately, it seems as he managed to at least as though he managed to at least convince one person who had a lot of who was given quite a lot of weight by the judge who heard the case. >> p- e think that >> michael, do you think that the well—meaning notion the perhaps well—meaning notion of wanting to believe that there's good in everyone , there's good in everyone, wanting to believe that there's a christian spirit in everyone, no matter what their past can actually be a damaging thing. and do you believe in this

instance that we must get to the nub of the matter? we've heard repeatedly now from matthew first saying, there's a conveyor repeatedly now from matthew first of ying, there's a conveyor repeatedly now from matthew first of these here's a conveyor repeatedly now from matthew first of these converts:onveyor repeatedly now from matthew first of these converts going or repeatedly now from matthew first of these converts going on, belt of these converts going on, and do you think this needs to stop? do you think we need a full investigation? because surely you must agree this is damaging the christian church , i damaging the christian church, i think there are a lot of people who will say that they are christians and they're not really christians. and the reason why that is, is because there's so much persecution of christianity around the world, not terms of total not only in terms of total numbers, but in terms the numbers, but in terms of the total proportion of people who are for their faith. are persecuted for their faith. and very easy to hide and it's very easy to, to hide behind that statistic. and i've seen it myself countless seen it myself on countless occasions. and i think what we really do need is that you need good evidence. and i think that judges are aware of false conversions . and indeed, i've conversions. and indeed, i've heard myself first hand heard that myself first hand from judges, that they're very sceptical particular sceptical about particular clients . but sceptical about particular clients. but in amongst that, there people who truly do there are people who truly do convert. and i guess the fear is, is that if we say no more regularly, those people who do

do truly convert may well be sent back to places like to afghanistan, saudi arabia, where they will face certain death in those circumstances because the penalty for leaving islam is death and that is carried out. maybe obviously in this maybe not obviously in this country, in certain parts of country, but in certain parts of the carried out. the world that is carried out. and fear is, is that for and so my fear is, is that for those do truly convert, that those who do truly convert, that they able to stay this they are able to stay in this country and are not smeared by obviously people as dishonest as this man was. >> and yet, michael, there is also the very real and grave danger that there could be. how many others, like ezedi who are gaming the system, are using the good heart of those they see in churches, reverends, whatever , churches, reverends, whatever, ministers, priests, they're abusing the system, they're gaming the system, and that has consequences. do you think ? what consequences. do you think? what do we do? i mean, you said we beef up the procedure. they must publicly denounce islam. is that one potential solution? so at the moment they seem to say one

thing and do another? >> yeah. i mean, i've seen this myself, i've seen this in terms of some of the people that i've met who say that, you know, very shortly afterwards, after they've in their, they've got the visa in their, in their passport. i'm no longer a it is a a christian. and so it is a common trick which, which is allowed and in fact, within the religion within the religion itself, within the religion itself, within the religion in certain religion of islam, in certain circumstances, you are allowed to things don't to say things that you don't truly believe you in truly believe if you are in a difficult situation, so they can even it from a even justify it from a theological point of so, theological point of view. so, i mean, i think that there does have to be this beefing up of the questions, but also that have to be this beefing up of the queallyis, but also that have to be this beefing up of the queally mustt also that have to be this beefing up of the queally mustt ala that have to be this beefing up of the queally mustt ala real: there really must be a real heart gospel that comes heart for the gospel that comes through in any person who truly professes to know christ. and sometimes the way in which i've noficed sometimes the way in which i've noticed it in people who do truly convert is you see it in their social media, which can be seen around the world. they say, i'm now really a christian. look at this. i'm doing this, i'm doing and available. doing that. and it's available. you relatives in iran you know, the relatives in iran and on see it. and then and so on can see it. and then in those circumstances, you know, that person a know, that person really is a convert, because they were to

convert, because if they were to go to into iran, they go back to into iran, they almost certainly face almost certainly would face death. you death. and they say, look, you know, back to iran, then know, if i go back to iran, then so be it. that is the lord's will. and you think, okay, you are really a convert because you're face death, you're to prepared face death, whereas chap obviously was whereas this chap obviously was not prepared that. not prepared to do that. >> okay. michael phillips, consultant >> okay. michael phillips, consultarlegal centre, christian legal centre, thank you joining and giving us you forjoining us and giving us an heartfelt response an honest and heartfelt response there. thank much. now, there. thank you very much. now, of have lots more of course, we'll have lots more on story throughout the on that story throughout the show in touch. show and get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.com. should vaiews@gbnews.com. what should we do? do we need a full investigation? there's plenty of coverage of course, on our websites gb news. com you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country, so well done you. now it's time for our spring giveaway now, and it's the final week to see how you could win gadgets on a shopping spree and an amazing £12,345 1234 £5 tax free. make sure you don't miss out. and here's all the details you need to enter. it's the final week to see how you could win big. >> you could win an amazing

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up next we'll be discussing a shocking new record low for the nhs. because under a quarter of the public are satisfied with the public are satisfied with the nhs . is it time for serious the nhs. is it time for serious reform or is it time even to divorce this toxic relationship? listen much more to bring you. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 324. i'm martin daubney. this is gb news now. and a shocking new survey . it's and a shocking new survey. it's been revealed that overall pubuc been revealed that overall public satisfaction in the nhs has fallen to a record low, dropping to its lowest level since the survey began. over 40 years ago. well, we can now cross the manchester and speak with gb news, north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper. so very well. welcome to the show. it's been called a toxic relationship that we have with the nhs. tell us more.

>> well, unfortunately this isn't exactly something new. pubuc isn't exactly something new. public satisfaction in the nhs has been in the decline for quite some years now. but you are right in saying that this is the lowest it has ever reached. now, this data comes from the british social attitudes poll, which has found that less than a quarter of brits are happy with the service they're currently receiving. and not only that, it's five percentage points down on just the year before, meaning not only is it in decline , it's not only is it in decline, it's in rapid decline. however, that's not to say that the british people aren't in support of the nhs as an idea. 91% of those asked said they still believe the nhs should be free to access service , and 82% said to access service, and 82% said they still feel that it should be paid for by the taxpayer. however, given the results of these poll, less than a quarter of brits are happy. clearly the british people are not happy

with what their tax money is paying with what their tax money is paying for. now, the top three things that people had to complain about in this poll, 71% said waiting times for appointments just were not good enough, 54% said staff shortages were causing an issue, and 47% said the government were not spending enough on the nhs. now i've been out in manchester today speaking to members of the public, finding out what it is that grieves them and this is what they had to tell me once you get there. >> yes , but it's actually >> yes, but it's actually getting through the to gp getting through the to gp getting to the nhs. i think that a lot of money is wasted talking to people that work or have worked within the nhs. the amount of waste is phenomenal, so i think they need to look at the management. it needs to start at the top. >> thankfully i don't use it a lot, but i'm currently on the waiting list for one of the hospitals in manchester for 12 andifs hospitals in manchester for 12 and it's a 52 week wait. >> we should make it like a more

accessible thing. >> i am satisfied because there's a lot of hard working nurses, doctors, surgeons like you see the care they give you. plus i had three of my children here and the care i received was perfect. i think there's a bit of a mixed response there from people here in manchester responding to that poll today, that last lady there saying she isindeed that last lady there saying she is indeed satisfied . is indeed satisfied. >> i think people are satisfied with the service. there perhaps receiving, but it's getting in to the nhs that's causing people an issue, whether that be with a gp or whether it be in the hospitals themselves. those waiting times , the number one waiting times, the number one complaint that people have when it comes to the nhs. so as we approach that general election later on this year, it's going to be really interesting to see how the political parties utilise the nhs as a bargaining chip with those promises to try and garner people's votes . and garner people's votes. >> sophie reaper excellent as even >> sophie reaper excellent as ever. thank you for joining >> sophie reaper excellent as ever. thank you forjoining us ever. thank you for joining us on the show live from

manchester. what do you think of the nhs out there? send me your views gbviews@gbnews.com. it seems to be a bottomless pit of cash. the numbers are eye—watering. £168.8 billion was the annual budget last year, and that's an increase. an extra 6 billion was given in the spring budget and yet waiting lists are ballooning. 7.8 million. and you know, when i paid my tax return this year, i found out from that £0.19 in every pound, 19% of your taxes goes to the nhs. it's the single biggest tax drain in the single biggest tax drain in the entire gdp. are you happy with what you get out of that now? my miss is our two kids when you need it for those kind of things, it's fantastic. but i've just given up the idea of getting a gp appointment. i don't bother unless you get through it nanosecond past through it one nanosecond past eight. it. you've got eight. forget it. you've got more. more of more. you've got more chance of winning marathon. and i'm no

winning a marathon. and i'm no runner. as for getting a runner. and as for getting a dental appointment again , i just dental appointment again, i just sort don't bother. the sort of don't bother. was the bond broken during covid? stay home, protect the nhs , save home, protect the nhs, save lives. how about the nhs protects us? how about we get rid of some of the middle management? those whopping salaries? how about we look at procurement, the inefficient causes, the wastage on diversity and inclusivity , officers on net and inclusivity, officers on net zero and carbon reduction policies ? how about we get some policies? how about we get some common sense back into the nhs ? common sense back into the nhs? let me know what you think. the usual ways gbviews@gbnews.com. now there's lots more still to come between now and 4 pm, including a maths teacher in swindon tells his tribunal that he was sacked after refusing to use a pupil's preferred pronouns . is it unfair dismissal, as the former teacher claims will have that ruling live when it happens this afternoon ? but first, it's this afternoon? but first, it's time for your latest news headunes time for your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez .

headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> martin. thank you. the top stories, audio has emerged detailing the moment that emergency workers tried to evacuate the bridge in baltimore shortly before it collapsed. >> there's a ship approaching and just lost their steering. so until they get that under control, we got stop all traffic. 1013 dispatch. the whole bridge just fell down. start, start. whoever. everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed. >> it comes after the search for survivors was suspended with six construction workers presumed dead. video footage captured the moment a cargo ship crashed into the francis scott key bridge yesterday morning. the city's port, which is one of the busiest in the east of the united states, is now closed indefinitely , a poll has found. indefinitely, a poll has found. less than 1 in 4 people in britain are satisfied with the nhs , its lowest level since nhs, its lowest level since records began 40 years ago. with lack of access to gps among top

concerns. long waiting times are also a major worry. the concerns, down from 70% in 2010, the report found that tightening funding and chronic workforce shortages over the past decade has left the nhs in a continual state of crisis . there was a 54% state of crisis. there was a 54% increase in sewage in england's waterways last year compared to 2022, pushing figures to their highest level. the environment agency says it's due to storm overflows , those with untreated overflows, those with untreated sewage dumped into rivers and seas. sewage dumped into rivers and seas . labour says it will put seas. labour says it will put water companies under special measures if it wins the next election, with bosses who oversee the pollution of waterways banned from getting bonuses. waterways banned from getting bonuses . the government has bonuses. the government has imposed sanctions on a fund raising network aligned with the hamas terror group. asma sultana and mustafa ayash are expected of supporting gaza now, a media network accused of promoting terrorism. both individuals and the companies they control will be subject to a full asset

freeze . and lawmakers in freeze. and lawmakers in thailand have voted overwhelmingly in support of same sex marriage . it's an same sex marriage. it's an historic step for one of asia's most liberal countries , and will most liberal countries, and will make it the only nation in southeast asia to recognise same sex unions . southeast asia to recognise same sex unions. for the southeast asia to recognise same sex unions . for the latest sex unions. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value, rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . the gb news financial report. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's market. the pound will buy you $1.2624 and ,1.1670. the price of gold is £1,735.15 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at

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kevin lister maintains it's his job to teach facts, not fantasy. and that's why he refused to use the preferred pronouns of the student. does he have a point . student. does he have a point. thank you, martin, i we all have a duty of care to our young people. >> the school itself has a risk and safeguarding policy and a protocol of the school itself supports young children. in this case this. these young children that had to express their gender identity and, and, and use their pronouns . the teacher is pronouns. the teacher is therefore going against the school policy, against the safeguarding. so i think it's only right that the teacher, whilst they have, are entitled to their protected beliefs and their own own views , they have their own own views, they have to also work within the constructs and the confines of the policy of the school lays down. so in this case, down. so i think in this case, what's happened is this particular teacher what's happened is this particularteacher question what's happened is this partgone teacher question what's happened is this partgone against question what's happened is this partgone against thejuestion what's happened is this partgone against the policyn what's happened is this partgone against the policy of has gone against the policy of the school, and i think that's where he has maybe fallen foul. >> yes, he has a duty of care to, to, in his own teaching

profession, in his mathematical topic, to teach the facts of mathematics. but he's got to be very careful here. he doesn't stray into weaponizing those beliefs, his christian beliefs , beliefs, his christian beliefs, whatever they may be, against the young transgender people . the young transgender people. >> but doesn't that say to us, though, joanne, that we have a hierarchy of beliefs, his own beliefs as a mind based in facts, a mathematical analytical mind, his own beliefs of his faith , they're his beliefs. and faith, they're his beliefs. and he doesn't believe that using pronouns should happen. and yet, obviously that appears to have been trumped. and a report out by dame sarah khan just on tuesday this week said that we are moving into a new kind of cancellation culture in schools where teachers who don't comply with the new world order, be it trans issues or be it showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad, are finding themselves thrown under the bus, isn't this movement towards compelled speech? isn't that a dangerous

thing , i don't think we're thing, i don't think we're throwing people under the bus here. >> i think what we're trying to do is create a society where we get along with each other, and we all have mutual respect for our beliefs. >> and i think the problem comes where the beliefs become weaponized. >> they're there to prove point. >> they're they're not for the benefit of society . and yes, benefit of society. and yes, i have beliefs about a religion which i do not express to people publicly. i have beliefs about other things which i do not express. but where does where does the tolerance of intolerance get us if we're not careful? the freedom of speech can extend to racist, anti—semitic, islamophobic type remarks. and we'd all, i'm sure, draw the line at those. so why do we say that? it's okay to be to have gender critical anti—trans views , but it's not anti—trans views, but it's not okay to have other views about other protected characteristics ? other protected characteristics? because these children let's let's be clear here, these children are under the equality

act 2010, are covered under the right of a gender transition, gender reassignment. so they have they have the duty or the government and the society have the duty to uphold the equality act. so if this person is trying to express those beliefs, then i believe that what they're doing really is, is damaging to society. yes, he's entitled and everybody's entitled to those beliefs. >> it's when you start to weaponize them and use them against people to hurt them in maybe not deliberately , but maybe not deliberately, but you're you're effectively hurting , impacting their mental hurting, impacting their mental health and denying them the opportunity to enjoy their life freely. and we saw this with brianna ghey , where she was brianna ghey, where she was bullied and eventually murdered by young people who had these gender critical beliefs against her. >> and i think what we've got to do is recognise that trans people are people. we have our identity , we have our pronouns, identity, we have our pronouns, we have our names, and we all we

ask for is a little bit of respect from people and common courtesy. joanne loper, the counterpoint to that could be if speech , if pronouns are speech, if pronouns are compelled, and if that compulsion often leads to the expulsion of teachers, that losing their jobs, losing their livelihoods, losing their reputations , which would reputations, which would undeniably affect or impact their ability, perhaps to ever work again. and we've seen test cases such as jordan peterson in canada. he said, no, i will not use compelled speech. it is my freedom of speech to query that, to question that. so while we can all get along and, and respect each other's viewpoints, isn't this a one way street? you either come july or you get kicked out . but we live in kicked out. but we live in a society where we cannot just say what we like without with impunity . freedom of speech impunity. freedom of speech isn't necessarily the freedom to say what you think. without accountability, we have to recognise that we can't all go

around saying what we think. we have to filter that in society. and i, i uphold the right for everybody to have an opinion, have a perspective. but what i do is draw the line with that opinion or perspective becomes dangerous. >> it becomes weaponize, it becomes hurtful, i as i say, i have my own beliefs about various topics. i know when i should and when i shouldn't express those. >> in this particular case, let's go back to the school. they have a safeguarding policy. they have a safeguarding policy. they policy. if they have a pronouns policy. if we at the draft guidance we look at the draft guidance the government have published, the government have published, the education two the department of education two published by the published commented on by the employment human rights, employment and human rights, sorry, and human sorry, equality and human rights commission, and lots that commission, hrc and lots of that report are problematic in my opinion and also in the hrc opinion. but a lot of that does protect the right of young people who are transgender in school environment to be respected with their pronouns and treated fairly and reasonably, and not fall victim to people who decide to weaponize a belief against them .

weaponize a belief against them. >> okay, well, the ruling the tribunal is due this afternoon. we'll be joining that live, of course, when it happens. joanne lockwood, founder of see change happen.thank lockwood, founder of see change happen. thank you forjoining us happen. thank you for joining us and a very reasonable, and having a very reasonable, rational and thoughtful conversation. appreciated . conversation. much appreciated. now whilst giving evidence, new college swindon student manager said this mr liz's behaviour was unwarranted and repeated and amounted to harassment and bullying. i strongly believe that no student should experience bullying bullying at the hands of their teacher. i believe students are was underperforming and not attending classes because of your conduct towards them . now, your conduct towards them. now, new analysis from labour claims that a tory stealth council tax hike will leave households on average £300 a year worse off in the next parliament. well, should you be concerned? well, don't go anywhere. we'll discuss that after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel .

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reveals the scale of the tax hike, with the tory government having made three changes to the council tax system since 2019. now they claim that as of next month, the £5 billion hike means families will already be £140 worse off than they were just four years ago, soaring further to £300 worse off under the next government point. well, i can now speak with callum mcgoldrick , a researcher at the taxpayers alliance, who joins me here in the studio in westminster. welcome to the studio . taxes. welcome to the studio. taxes. council taxes are going up once again and everybody seems to be blaming each other. >> yes. so martin, thank you very much for having me. i think in the run up to the election, we're likely to see a lot of gamesmanship from both sides. we have a 70 year high tax burden. >> it's obviously going to be a big sticking point. >> i think look at the >> i think you look at the councils the moment that are councils at the moment that are putting though, putting taxes up, though, it's birmingham a 21% over birmingham with a 21% rise over the years. there are the next two years. there are labour council. thurrock, a

conservative will be conservative council, will be putting taxes up by 8. so it's a problem for both sides really. >> and in the fact of the matter is, the country's potless and with £2.6 trillion in debt, a huge amount of that was by fiscal , quantitative easing, fiscal, quantitative easing, printing money, 900 billion quid's worth almost during lockdowns . and we've got no lockdowns. and we've got no money left. they couldn't charge us parking fines. they couldn't take money from us in the ordinary ways during lockdowns. as a consequence, they just all shaun bailey they're whacking up council taxes. got no say council taxes. we've got no say in and they're just trying to in it and they're just trying to blame but themselves. in it and they're just trying to bla it's but themselves. in it and they're just trying to bla it's real but themselves. in it and they're just trying to bla it's real problememselves. in it and they're just trying to bla it's real problem inselves. in it and they're just trying to bla it's real problem in the as. >> it's a real problem in the pubuc >> it's a real problem in the public sector. see it where public sector. we see it where when need to find money, when they need to find money, they will look inwards, they will never look inwards, they will never look inwards, they outwards. so they will go outwards. so birmingham, for example, are looking streetlights. looking to dim the streetlights. they £900,000 they say it will save £900,000 a yeah they say it will save £900,000 a year. also have a edi year. they also have a edi officer earning over £100,000. but the streetlights that but it's the streetlights that they wish to go after. we look at of thurrock, they're at sort of thurrock, they're reducing collections rather reducing bin collections rather than inwards. they've reducing bin collections rather thar built inwards. they've reducing bin collections rather tharbuilt a inwards. they've reducing bin collections rather thar built a new 'ards. they've reducing bin collections rather thar built a new office 'hey've reducing bin collections rather tharbuilt a new office blockz just built a new office block for themselves. it's a real problem, south cambridgeshire

are another council. they're lib dem, but they're looking to go to a four day week where they've already started the four day week trial. they're saying that this save them money, even this will save them money, even though key though by their own key performance indicators they're underperforming massively and chalum , of course, potless chalum, of course, potless councils look at new ways of picking our pockets. >> one, one big thing coming forward, of course, is clean air zones increase parking fines. we're seeing this in oxford. we're seeing this in oxford. we're seeing this in oxford. we're seeing it in multiple cities across the land. inevitably callum, where there's a shortfall, there'll be a new scheme, a new method, a new way of squeezing more pips out of the orange. the taxpayer. >> yes. we released a research note last year looking at or comparing the sales fees and charges raised by local councils from 2011 to 2022, and it turns out that they earned millions more in all sorts of manner of different charges that they levy upon people. again, rather than looking inwards to find efficiencies . efficiencies. >> and also, when we look at

some of the ineptitude in birmingham, it was a gender pay act have act that that would have bankrolled them for multiple millions. we've seen in nottinghamshire the robin hood energy scheme, a failed scheme into energy equality. we've seen solar panel farms , we've seen solar panel farms, we've seen property investments. why can't they just get back to basics and just get the bins and the potholes sorted out? well, you mentioned eddie. >> that's a very key problem with councils. we had a research, a bit of research out last week looking at the roles of councils in 2021. they had a 474 ezedi officers earning about £12 million nationally last yeah £12 million nationally last year. that raised to 717 officers, earning over £23 million. so it's a near doubling in ed. officer roles. >> and we're also seeing chalum , >> and we're also seeing chalum, a raft of non—jobs emerging diversity , inclusion, net zero diversity, inclusion, net zero cutting carbon jobs that come out of nowhere , jobs that cost out of nowhere, jobs that cost the taxpayer loads and loads of wonga. >> yes , it's really a problem >> yes, it's really a problem with them. it seems that they've

completely lost their sense of what their job actually is. you see, we see our people celebrating birthdays for potholes because they've been there so long. there for so long. >> see, sorry, i shouldn't >> we see, sorry, i shouldn't laugh, that of is funny. >> yeah, we sort of. i saw another story of a man, the pothole had got so big it was he could stand in it because it was over six foot, but yet they they seem to think that their role is actually to decide how many easter could eat or how easter eggs you could eat or how to eat an easter egg or, you know, all of these sort of manner vdi roles. manner of vdi roles. >> superb stuff, tragic comedy >> superb stuff, a tragic comedy ending there. ending to that bit there. pothole so, but you can stand on them. callum mcgoldrick, researcher at the taxpayers alliance, thank you very much for on the show. now, forjoining us on the show. now, as earlier this hour, to as you earlier in this hour, to get in touch on the big topic of the day and that of course, is the day and that of course, is the case of abdul ezedi crystallising everything. it seems wrong with seems to be wrong with our asylum system. of asylum system. hundreds of emails a few emails come in, let's have a few quick now, says this quick ones. now, polly says this martin the first, let martin after the first, let alone the second asylum refusal ezedi should have been removed

from this country and should never have been given a chance to exploit the church on the third occasion. so the home office is mainly to blame here. although mark white pointed out don't that the home don't forget that the home office him twice. it office wanted him gone twice. it was church who stepped in was the church who stepped in and gave recommendation and gave him that recommendation to it was backed up to convert, and it was backed up by a judge quickly. david says this i cannot speak too highly of the nhs. the bristol royal infirmary in south mead and the south bristol hospitals and my local surgery are really quite remarkable. of course , that's remarkable. of course, that's off the back of a new report saying we have a lot of damage relationships with the nhs, the confidence is at an all time low now. don't go anywhere because the next hour we'll have all the latest reaction to chemical attacker abdul ezedi, who converted to christianity and got a full funeral. but first, it's your time for your weather with alex deegan . with alex deegan. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb

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broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. coming up on today's show, the chemical attacker abdul ezedi has reportedly been given a full muslim funeral. and that's despite him claiming to have converted to christianity in order to remain in the uk. huge pressing questions are now being asked about our broken asylum system. is it completely unfit for purpose? next up, sir keir starmer is said to have scaled back plans for a quick renegotiation of the brexit trade deal if he gets the keys to number 10. but can we really trust him on brexit? is he a rejoiner in disguise and should the wealthy be charged more for the wealthy be charged more for the bbc licence fee? well, the idea has been floated by the corporation's boss and it's been shot down by the tories . but is shot down by the tories. but is it really such a bad idea, or should we just simply scrap the bbc licence fee? that's all coming up in your next action packed hour. welcome to the

show. it's always an absolute j'oy show. it's always an absolute joy to have your company. abdul ezedi is a case that signifies it crystallises everything that's wrong with our broken asylum system. in 2016, he came here illegally in the back of a lorry from afghanistan, committed to sexual offences, was charged with them but wasn't jailed twice. his asylum claims were rejected but he wasn't deported. then he miraculously converted to christianity. a judge backed him up so did a reverend and hey presto, he was allowed to stay in the uk and then of course went on to commit that horrific chemical attack in january. we're asking today he's responsible for everything that's wrong with this broken asylum system. is it time for a full investigation into what happened across every department from border force, the church, the home office, the judiciary ,

the home office, the judiciary, everybody who had their fingerprints on that case. is it time to bring them to full account? let me know your views. gb views is at gbnews.com and i'll read out a few of them before the end. but before that, it's before the end. but before that, wsfime before the end. but before that, it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. well, first let's take you to the united states, where audio has emerged this afternoon detailing the precise moment emergency workers tried to evacuate a bridge in baltimore shortly before it collapsed. take a listen. >> there's a ship approaching. just lost their steering . so just lost their steering. so until he got under control, we got stop all traffic rikki neave dispatch. the whole bridge just fell out. start, start . whoever. fell out. start, start. whoever. everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed . collapsed. >> well, you can hear in that piece of audio that the ship had lost its ability to steer. and then the comment that the bridge had just collapsed. investigators have now recovered

that black box data recorder from the cargo ship. it comes after the search for survivors were suspended , with six were suspended, with six construction workers now presumed dead . video footage presumed dead. video footage captured that moment yesterday morning. the city's port, though, which is one of the busiest in the eastern united states, is now closed indefinitely . here states, is now closed indefinitely. here in states, is now closed indefinitely . here in the states, is now closed indefinitely. here in the uk, a poll has found that fewer than 1 in 4 people are satisfied with the nhs . that's at its lowest the nhs. that's at its lowest level since records began 40 years ago, with lack of access to gp's listed among the chief concerns. long waiting times also a major worry, with just 24% of people polled saying they're satisfied with the health service. that's down from 70% in 2010. the report found that tightening funding and chronic workforce shortages over the last ten years has left the nhs in a continued state of crisis. the education secretary, gillian keegan, says the government is committed to making improvements . the nhs has making improvements. the nhs has had, you know, to deal with the

pandemic and we all know that that has created huge backlogs and huge waiting lists and we're all committed to catch up to provide a faster, simpler, fairer nhs. we're investing £165 billion a year. obviously, if you're investing that much, you want to have people satisfied with the service they're getting . but we do know that we've been tackling, i mean, think for the last four months the waiting lists have started to come down. but battling a huge but we're battling a huge backlog. interesting backlog. what's interesting is actually england, the conservative england, the conservative run england, the performance and the catch up is much better than in labour run wales snp run scotland . wales or in snp run scotland. now there was a 54% increase in sewage discharged into england's waterways last year. that's compared with 2022, pushing figures to their highest ever level. the environment agency says it's due to storm overflows with untreated raw sewage being dumped into rivers and seas. it comes amid rising concern for the state of england's

waterways, with one section of the river thames due to be used for the boat race this weekend. found to be contaminated with e.coli. the leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey, says he's been warning the conservatives about what he's called a sewage scandal for years , liberal democrats have years, liberal democrats have been warning the conservatives about this sewage scandal for years. >> but the fact that it's polluting our rivers , our polluting our rivers, our beaches and pushing ecosystems to the brink of collapse . but to the brink of collapse. but rishi sunak and the conservatives just haven't listened. they've done far too little. that's why we need a national environmental emergency to be declared and the sage health experts to come to make sure that we are protecting human health, which is in danger because of this ed davey now, the uk and the us have imposed joint sanctions on a fundraising network linked to the terror group hamas. >> the measures target amna sultana and mustafa ayash, who are suspected of supporting gaza. now that's a media network

accused of promoting the terror group. it marks the fourth coordinated move to sanction hamas fundraisers since the attacks of the 7th of october in israel. now, a review has found that a ten month old baby boy who was murdered by his parents just weeks after being handed back to them, should have been in protective care. finlay bowden was killed at his family home in chesterfield, derbyshire , on christmas day in 2020. his parents, shannon marsden and steven bowden, were both given life sentences in may. a safeguarding review has found. practices in the local authority were inadequate and while the parents are responsible for his death, professional interventions should have protected him . lawmakers in protected him. lawmakers in thailand have voted overwhelmingly in support of same sex marriage. it's a historic step for one of asia's most liberal countries, and will make it the only nation in southeast asia to recognise same

sex unions. it comes after years of campaigning and a bill that's almost ten years in the making is expected to be passed into law by the end of the year. and just lastly, the queen says the princess of wales is evidently thrilled by the public support for her as she received posters made by two schoolgirls in shrewsbury. her majesty met thousands of well—wishers at a farmers market there and she accepted posters from sisters harriet and lois waterston , who harriet and lois waterston, who wanted the queen to send their love to the princess. it's camilla's first public engagement since the princess of wales announced she's been treated for cancer . that's the treated for cancer. that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. >> thank you paula. now let's get stuck straight into that story, which is shining a light on some of the most serious

flaws in our broken asylum system, because it's now emerged that clapham chemical that the clapham chemical attacker, abdul ezedi received a full muslim funeral despite claiming to have converted to christianity in order to remain in the uk. court documents have also revealed that a judge accepted ezedi was a christian convert, despite concerns the sex offender was a proven liar . sex offender was a proven liar. the home office has warned that the reputation of christian churches could be damaged if they are viewed as undermining they are viewed as undermining the integrity of the asylum system . well, we can now speak system. well, we can now speak with gb news homeland security edhon with gb news homeland security editor, mark white. mark is it time for a full investigation? it seems , mark, that every step it seems, mark, that every step of the way from when he first came to the country in 2016, in the back of a lorry, until that conversion to christianity. huge question marks are arising over ezedi interfaith race, with officialdom .

officialdom. >> i think there needs to be a root and branch look at the asylum system in general, and certainly this case can form part of that because it is a perfect example. i think the home office would argue, of the way in which an industry has sprung up that is determined to ensure that asylum seekers are given the opportunity to challenge those decisions that are considered and handed down by officials. the home office and these organisations and individuals are charities, human rights groups , immigration rights groups, immigration lawyers and prominent members of the community, such as members of the clergy . and this case, of the clergy. and this case, the abdul ezedi case is a perfect example of that, because twice the home office turned him down for asylum. didn't believe that he was fit and proper to be given asylum , and that he should

given asylum, and that he should be returned to his home country . be returned to his home country. but he was able to appeal. it went to an independent immigration appeal judge at a court in newcastle, and that judge relied in making his decision a great deal on the evidence of reverend roy merrin, now retired baptist minister at the time at grange road, back church in jarrow, near newcastle, who had baptised abdul ezedi and who had written and testified in person before this judge that he believed that abdul ezedi was sincere in his conversion to christianity and was an upstanding member of the church. this, despite the fact that abdul ezedi, having twice been convicted for sexual offences, and the baptist church, knowing about that and putting safeguard measures into place to protect members of the congregation from ezedi this now

retired baptist minister still testified in his favour before the judge, and the judge was quite frank about reaching his decision and being swayed by what he heard from this minister, because the judge had said that actually, as he had his character in a lot of what he had said and done, pointed to someone who lied regularly . he someone who lied regularly. he told, officials originally that his brother was shot dead in afghanistan, only to change that to his brother was killed in a bomb attack. he'd said that also when he came here, he was a shia muslim, only to change that and say that he was in fact, a sunni muslim, so some real concerns about this man and his character that the judge had, but he was swayed by a prominent member of the community, and that is of real concern to the home office

about what they're up against in they say, this industry of people determined to ensure that asylum seekers get leave to remain here. >> mark white an excellent and comprehensive summary as ever and again worth pointing out. ezedi failed a christian test. yet the minister in that church still vouched for ezedi, who at the third time got the right to remain in the country and went on to commit that heinous chemical attack. mark white, thank you very much for joining us on the show. it's always a pleasure to have you. now labour have back its have reportedly scaled back its plans to renegotiate britain's trade deal with the european union if it gets into power at the next general election . sir the next general election. sir keir starmer had wanted to secure a major overhaul of the pact. when it comes up for review in 2025. but now, in another u—turn, he suddenly dropped his ambitions after brussels warned that they would not reopen the agreement after all. well, i'm now joined in the

studio in westminster with gb news political editor christopher hope. chris, welcome to the show. miss you at 3:00. got to say. here we are again, the constant whiff , the constant the constant whiff, the constant rumour is, you know, really, sir keir starmer, who headed up the people's vote campaign for four years to get us back into brussels, back into the eu. secretly. he's a remainer in disguise. these kind of things give that conspiracy theory a bit more gravitas . bit more gravitas. >> yes. and. hi, martin. good to be back on the programme. exactly. i mean, there was a concern that that they want to use a back door way to get closer and closer to the eu. so we're back into the eu in all but name. but the, the sir keir starmer have been very clear from beginning. he doesn't from the beginning. he doesn't want challenge issue from the beginning. he doesn't wa sovereignty.1allenge issue from the beginning. he doesn't wa sovereignty.1allthee issue from the beginning. he doesn't wasovereignty.1allthe idea issue from the beginning. he doesn't wa sovereignty.1allthe idea ofsue of sovereignty. so the idea of rejoining customs union or rejoining the customs union or single market are off the table. i asked baroness jenny chapman, baroness chapman of baroness chapman chapman of darlington, on my darlington, about this on my podcast out on friday. she said no one wants to reverse brexit, if you want to have a second

referendum, people think you need your head examined and that's a complete movement from where was when sir where the party was when sir keir starmer was brexit shadow brexit secretary the last brexit secretary in the last parliament, he the who parliament, he was the one who wanted the vote. he's wanted the second vote. he's moved on. >> he's head examined. by her reckoning, he's moved on. >> gave the option to be >> he gave the option to be a brexit party mep for a bit, martin, didn't he, by all that chatting they martin, didn't he, by all that cha making they martin, didn't he, by all that cha making very they martin, didn't he, by all that cha making very clear they martin, didn't he, by all that cha making very clear to they martin, didn't he, by all that cha making very clear to us1ey martin, didn't he, by all that cha making very clear to us they are making very clear to us they are making very clear to us they are going to rerun the are not going to rerun the brexit campaign. what they will try and do is review what's brexit campaign. what they will try an(the is review what's brexit campaign. what they will try an(the trade 'iew what's brexit campaign. what they will try an(the trade and what's brexit campaign. what they will try an(the trade and cooperation called the trade and cooperation agreement that agreement in 2026, and that starts in and the first starts in 2025 and the first year of what could be the next labour government, the eu has told eu sources told the telegraph today that he's taking a more realistic approach now. what we think that means is he's looking at elements around red tape, it easier for tape, making it easier for professionals work in the eu, professionals to work in the eu, rather than worry about all the red tape to get there. so i think he has said previously that the deal was far too thin, hadnt that the deal was far too thin, hadn't he? the one agreed by bofis hadn't he? the one agreed by boris johnson . he had even said boris johnson. he had even said to the ft the eu loving ft. i

should say, that we will attempt to get a much better deal for the uk. that was last september, but i think that is off the boil right now. >> starmer had said repeatedly that wanted ease tape that he wanted to ease red tape for and for british food exports and make easier for uk make it easier for uk professionals work in europe, professionals to work in europe, echoed david lammy. they were echoed by david lammy. they were full on with a charm offensive to brussels, but you and i both know chris. it's a one way ratchet. if you give something away to brussels, you never get it back and you could say they're not going for a full rejoin. but is this worse? is this death by a thousand paper cuts thousand this death by a thousand paper cuts or thousand this death by a thousand paper cuts or it thousand this death by a thousand paper cuts or it goingand this death by a thousand paper cuts or it going toi this death by a thousand paper cuts or it going to be, treaties, or is it going to be, like, not quite like switzerland treaties, or is it going to be, liwhicht quite like switzerland treaties, or is it going to be, liwhich isjuite like switzerland treaties, or is it going to be, liwhich is in:e like switzerland treaties, or is it going to be, liwhich is in elements tzerland treaties, or is it going to be, liwhich is in elements ofrland treaties, or is it going to be, liwhich is in elements of the d , which is in elements of the customs union, but certainly receiving orders by fax almost, you or by email, by diktat you know, or by email, by diktat from brussels or strasbourg and not not being able to resist that because we've agreed a different deal elsewhere. >> the big focus for me >> i think the big focus for me is fish. the fisheries deal is all the fisheries were control of waters should be coming of the waters should be coming back 2026. if sir keir back to us in 2026. if sir keir starmer looks to trade away fishing rights for access on

veterinary or services, or even other areas of red tape, then you've got a debate in this country and that's what brexit is about. it's about trading away powers and bringing powers back on. but as long as the key part of brexit, the sovereignty isn't touched, i think it's safe with you. >> i think you're >> martin, i think you're absolutely right about fishing because of remainers said, because a lot of remainers said, oh, about oh, why do you care about fishing? percentile fishing? it's a tiny percentile of something of gdp, but it's something tangible could be bigger. tangible and it could be bigger. >> i mean, it was because it was kind of we allowed the, the, the profits to go offshore to other, other, other spanish fleets and the could come the rest, but it could come back. i say the ftt is back. and i say the, the ftt is the is the paper which will be looking into this more closely. the is the paper which will be lookof| into this more closely. the is the paper which will be lookof course1is more closely. the is the paper which will be lookof course1is m are closely. the is the paper which will be lookof course1is m are neutral, and of course they are neutral, not, any more. not, not remain any more. >> well i've got jim, >> really. well i've got jim, i've got jim picard in from the ft on, so i'll ask him, ft later on, so i'll ask him, i'll put that to him. but on, on, on a serious note is sir keir starmer dangling the never never prospect of never prospect prospect of rejoining remainer rejoining to play that remainer vote card. he hasn't gone full rejoin like like ed davey. well but is this naivety. if he knows he can't get a better deal, is

he can't get a better deal, is he selling pixie dust? >> there's opportunity to renegotiate the deal. he has called it thin in the past. there might be elements around the to improve brexit. the edges to improve brexit. i mean indeed might good mean indeed it might be a good way. campaign for way. a good campaign slogan for them labour, we'll get them vote for labour, we'll get you better brexit deal. you a better brexit deal. because frankly, the currently the has not seen to the brexit deal has not seen to be any good. i mean, it's arguable some brexiteers say we have from have got done quite well from that australia that deal. look at australia trade deal actually doing trade deal is actually doing very against what the very well against what the critics but might be that critics said. but might be that it might be way to sell and to it might be a way to sell and to get more people to vote for laboun >> but brussels don't want to do that. fandango. they're saying here is no appetite here there is no appetite whatsoever among the member states to reopen the trade agreement. is agreement. the 2025 review is only checking how the only about checking how the current working in current deal is working in practice . so the question again practice. so the question again is, is sir keir starmer willingly dangling this closer cosy relationship with brussels, knowing can't deliver on it? knowing he can't deliver on it? >> well, he he'll try and deliver on it . and the deliver on it. and the negotiation involves two parties. might be a thing, parties. there might be a thing, a which might want a reason which they might want to from brussels. but as to talk from brussels. but as you know, when in the

you know, when you're in the brexit they are are brexit party, they are they are pretty against pretty intransigent against this. battle is this. they think that battle is being fought and for them won. yeah. >> and there are smiling alligator. got to be very careful. can end up in careful. you can end up in their chops. much chris chops. thank you very much chris hope pleasure have hope always a pleasure to have you studio now. we'll you in the studio now. we'll have lots more on that story at 5:00. there's plenty of 5:00. and there's plenty of coverage our website coverage on our website gbnews.com. you've helped to gbnews.com. and you've helped to make fastest growing make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. so thank you very much. good luck. good luck to you. now time ticking your chance time is ticking on your chance to garden gadgets, to win garden gadgets, a shopping spree and £12,345. 12345 tax free pounds in cold hard cash. now lines close this friday could be a very good friday. so make sure you get your entry in. now here's all the details you need to get your mitts on the moolah. >> want to be a winner? just like phil? >> obviously whoever wins it next going to be as happy as next is going to be as happy as i was, and they're going to get even more money this time round. so wouldn't you go in the draw? >> enter a massive spring

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year worse off in the next parliament. could that be true? well, we'll speak to a labour councillor next who maintains thatis councillor next who maintains that is the case. don't go anywhere, martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

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a tory stealth council tax is set to leave families with less money in their pockets, while new analysis by sir keir starmers party ahead of may's local elections reveals a scaling tax hike by the tory party, as they have made three changes to the council tax system since 2019. now they claim that as of next month, the £5 billion hike means families could end up being £300 a year worse off in the next parliament. well, join me now to discuss . this is councillor discuss. this is councillor richard quigley, local councillor for cowes north. welcome to the show, richard. so can you explain to us why council taxes are going up all across the shop yet? you're putting this down to a conservative party failing. >> well, quite simply, martin, it won't be. you won't be. i'll be the first person to tell you this is that the local government association have identified a £4 billion hole in in local government finances .

in local government finances. and in simple terms, there's a lot of stats out there. but in 2010, the conservative party implemented a 40% cut in government grants to local councils. straight away , which councils. straight away, which meant that the council tax element of all funding for councils went from 59% to 71, and the government grant fell from 38 to 22. >> so, you know, it's very simple maths as i'm sure you like to say to your viewer, it's not rocket science, so the money's just been taken away. >> so what the other thing they do, quite cleverly, is every year councils have to take out inflation. >> so with the minimum wage going up, which i fully support, that's a £1.4 billion a year hole again in finances across the country just to make the minimum wage. and this isn't met with anything other than councils trying to raise their own funds. >> so when you see councils going bust because they've invested in property and other things, that's because they were encouraged.use the words >> and i'll use the words encouraged by this encouraged to by this government, in property government, invest in property and the like because they're not allowed as we as a council can't borrow to meet day to day

spending requirements , whereas spending requirements, whereas the government can. so, for instance, our council borrowed £35 million under a conservative administration to invest in warehousing in salford, oxford and southampton . now, you could and southampton. now, you could argue that £35 million would go argue that £35 million would go a long way to meet, a smaller council tax increase. so our, our a&e council tax on the island is over £2,000. now in neighbouring southampton it's £200 a year cheaper. and in portsmouth, nearly £300 a year cheapen portsmouth, nearly £300 a year cheaper, so you can see it's, it's not difficult to see that whatever we're being told, the truth of the matter is councils have got no option other than to pass all the costs on. >> okay, well, let's let's look at a few examples where you can't blame the conservatives. birmingham £760 million in debt over equal pay bill. over bungled equal pay bill. that's a labour council, and then let's look at nottingham, a hair brained energy scheme . hair brained energy scheme. robin hood power. that was nothing to do with the conservatives stoke borough.

bradford, they're looking at going bankrupt to a fifth of councils looking to go bankrupt . councils looking to go bankrupt. and the big question is, richard, if the labour party gets into power and were still £2.6 trillion in debt, largely thanks to the massive amount of money we printed during covid, how the labour party going to make things any better? >> well, i mean, it won't surprise us now. >> i don't have a hotline to the labour front. front bench. i am a lowly councillor on the isle of wight, but any any government that takes over that isn't going to act in a malevolent way like this government is to this government has, is going to have to out local have to sort out local government local government finance is local government finance is local government front government is the front line, and the human shield to and it is the human shield to any government action. so it's and it is the human shield to any glocaliment action. so it's and it is the human shield to any glocal council:tion. so it's and it is the human shield to any glocal council that. so it's and it is the human shield to any glocal council that delivers your local council that delivers all the services the government talk you talk about talk about. and you talk about councils bankrupt. there's councils going bankrupt. there's a reason it's more a simple reason that it's more labour councils than conservative councils. i mean, woking being conservative is that there are more councils run by labour, administered . so it's by labour, administered. so it's quite, quite simple and it's always going to the case. but

always going to be the case. but you can see martin and i know you, you're bound to prod me , you, you're bound to prod me, but it it is entirely down but it is, it is entirely down to government funding. can to government funding. we can keep about how much keep talking about how much money printed in but money was printed in covid, but we are still sovereign, despite what might think . and a what you might think. and a sovereign nation can never run out of money. so it's political choice. and the next government, which you've quite rightly said and hope will be a labour and we hope will be a labour government, i hope, i can't guarantee because i'm not party to their discussions, but we'll go to putting money back go back to putting money back into councils pockets. into local councils pockets. it's no coincidence that it's no it's no coincidence that the is struggling at the the nhs is struggling at the moment because of the failing of aduu moment because of the failing of adult social care. you know, aduu adult social care. you know, adult social care. you know, adult social care. you know, adult social care. of the additional £600 million government recently gave back to local councils, 500 million disappeared straightaway for aduu disappeared straightaway for adult social care. so, you know , adult social care. so, you know, the choices that have been made over the last 14 years have led us where we are now, and we us to where we are now, and we can do a bit of whataboutery if we like, but it just comes down to the simple fact that you can't keep taking money out a can't keep taking money out of a system and expect get system and expect it to get

better. we talk better. you know, when we talk about efficiencies in local government, it's cuts. let's make bones about it. it's make no bones about it. it's just cuts. there are no efficiencies left. >> there are two ways to >> well, there are two ways to get this. and that's get out of this. and that's either raise to either to raise taxes or to print more money, which would be the sensible option. the most sensible option. >> and, you know, i'm, i wish i was in a position to make those decisions. >> governments can't run out of money. it's a political choice. and we have run out of money. >> we're £2.6 trillion in debt. we're potless. we're the most broke. been since the broke. we've been since the second war. second world war. >> cleverer than that. >> you're cleverer than that. i know you are the. why is that funny? >> this is about the fact we've got no money left for all of these schemes. we all wish we had labour party looks like they're about to get into power. you won't be able to blame the conservatives. then how will things any better? a things get any better? it's a simple question. >> political choice a >> well, political choice for a start. and you could keep saying it over and again. but government we government is sovereign and we own we own own our own bank. we own the bank of england. we can't run bank of england. so we can't run out of money, but we can change where spent now. at the where it's spent now. at the moment, the truss

moment, the, the truss mini—budget, which i'm sure you, you've talked about many times , you've talked about many times, has caused a huge increase in debt repayment costs to government borrowing. so that's not helped. and structurally, finances can be changed. but i can't sit here and give you an answer because i'm just not party to those discussions. martin. so it would be pointless to guessing. to me even guessing. >> well, thanks for >> all right. well, thanks for joining a very erudite joining us. a very erudite conversation. and balanced. conversation. nice and balanced. councillor richard quigley, labour for cowes labour councillor for cowes north, thank you for joining us on the show. excellent now there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00. should the wealthy more the wealthy be charged more for the bbc licence fee? while the idea has been floated by the corporation's boss, but it's been down the been shot down by the conservatives is it such a bad idea, or how about we just get rid of the licence fee altogether? but before that, it's altogether? but before that, wsfime altogether? but before that, it's time for your latest news headunes it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst i >> -- >> the headlines this hour audio has emerged detailing the very moment that the emergency

workers in baltimore tried to evacuate the main bridge there shortly before its dramatic collapse. take a listen. >> there's a ship approaching and just lost their steering. so until they get that under control, we gotta stop all traffic. 313 dispatch. the whole bndge traffic. 313 dispatch. the whole bridge just fell down. start started. whoever, everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed . whole bridge just collapsed. >> you may have heard in that audio the whole bridge has just collapsed. it comes after the search for survivors has been suspended with six construction workers presumed dead now. and video footage captured that moment . the cargo ship crashed moment. the cargo ship crashed into the francis scott key bridge yesterday morning. the city's port, one of the busiest in the eastern united states, is now closed indefinitely. we in other news today, the environment agency is warning of a crisis in england's rivers and seas, as new figures show sewage was dumped into waterways for more than 3.6 million hours in 2023. that's more than double the previous year , pushing

the previous year, pushing figures to their highest level on record. the 460,000 sewage spills were due to, we're told, storm overflows, which released untreated sewage into our waterways during bouts of heavy rain. labour has said it's going to put water companies under special measures if it wins the next election, and the children's service involved in the case of the murdered ten month old baby boy just weeks after he was handed back to his parents, say they are profoundly sorry they were unable to prevent his death. finley bowden's parents, shannon marsden and stephen bowden , marsden and stephen bowden, inflicted over 100 injuries on their son before he died at his family home in derbyshire on christmas day 2020. they were given life sentences in may. it comes after a safeguarding review found that while finley's parents were responsible for his death, professional interventions by the local authority should have protected

him. and a new poll has found that fewer than 1 in 4 people in britain are satisfied with the nhs. it's at its lowest level since records began 40 years ago, with lack of access to gps among the top concerns. long waiting lists are also a major worry . it's down from 70% in worry. it's down from 70% in 2010, the report found that funding and chronic workforce shortages over the past decade have left the nhs in crisis . and have left the nhs in crisis. and the queen says the princess of wales is said to be thrilled by the public support for her as she received two posters made by schoolgirls in shrewsbury. camilla met thousands of well—wishers at a farmers market there and she accepted the posters from sisters harriet and lois waterston , who wanted the lois waterston, who wanted the queen to send on their love to the princess. it's camilla's first public engagement since the princess. it's camilla's firstprincessengagement since the princess. it's camilla's firstprincess of agement since the princess. it's camilla's firstprincess of wales nt since the princess. it's camilla's firstprincess of wales announced the princess of wales announced she's being treated for cancer. those are your latest news headlines. for all the top stories, do sign up for gp news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. com slash alerts .

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reporter. liam, welcome to the show. always an absolute pleasure to have you on. it was looking rosy for pensioners yesterday when it came out in the liaison committee. that triple lock would be protected . triple lock would be protected. now, however, they may have to wait longer to get it in the future . future. >> i think it's inevitable that pension age is go up. >> martin. >> martin. >> as longevity goes up, as life expectancy goes up, because of course, if you raise the state pension age from 65 to 68, it costs less. given that people live longer to pay that basic state pension, it seems unfair. i don't think it will happen soon. i think it will happen gradually. that's certainly we've had the equalisation, haven't we, of pension ages between women and men from 60 to 65. happened gradually . 65. that's happened gradually. and some women have found themselves caught out by that change, so this is a controversial area . let's have controversial area. let's have a look at some of the basic numbers when it comes to the state pension . in april 2023,

state pension. in april 2023, the basic state pension rose by 10.1. that's because that was the rate of inflation the previous september. that's how the triple lock works. i'll explain a bit more about that in a moment. now, the basic state pension, the new basic state pension, the new basic state pension for those who became eligible after april 2016 is £203.85 a week, with that 10.1% increase. the old basic state pension for those who became eligible before april 2016 is £156. 20 so quite a big change and we know that from next month, april 2024, the basic state pension is going to rise by another 8.5% because that was the rate of average earnings across the uk . now, you say that across the uk. now, you say that yesterday rishi sunak said to what's called the liaison committee of the house of commons, that's a kind of committee of, committee chairs , committee of, committee chairs, if you like, quizzing the prime

minister. he said to one of them that the basic the triple lock will remain in place under the tories. labour have also said that the triple lock was a policy that came in in 2010 under the conservative lib dem coalition. and let's have a quick look at what the triple lock actually is. the triple lock, says martin, that the bafic lock, says martin, that the basic state pension bsp, as i call it in this graphic, rises each april by the highest of three measures either inflation the previous september or the average increase in wages across the uk, or 2.5. so the highest of those things is what the bafic of those things is what the basic state pension is upgraded by, and that protects the basic state pension from increases in inflation. and indeed it keeps it on an even keel relative to average earnings. now that seems quite generous to a lot of young people. people who can't buy a house or people who think old people are monopolising all the

houses, sitting on huge equity in their homes, on the other hand, i'd say there is still pensioner poverty in the uk and our basic state pension remains pretty low by international standards, but never disregard the grey vote. old people vote disproportionately more than young people. all the main political parties know that, which is why all of them support this triple lock. even though a lot of younger voters may feel that it's a bit unfair that they're having to pay higher taxes to pay for uprates upgrades to pensions for older people who , in some cases at people who, in some cases at least, are sitting in big houses with no mortgages and are doing okay for themselves. >> now. liam, the pension budget is now the third largest tranche of all tax rate behind nhs and benefits . liam, what i love benefits. liam, what i love about talking to you is you have ideas, solutions. we're getting older. that bill will only get

bigger. what can we do about it? what can we do to sort out this ageing population? social care, pensions? it's a huge ticking time bomb financially. >> well, i do think there should be more emphasis on pension provision during working age, particularly for young people . particularly for young people. but it's very, very hard when so much of the income of younger people is taken up by housing, whether they're renting or whether they're renting or whether they're renting or whether they're lucky enough to buy. i can't tell you how many emails i've had from gb news viewers and listeners, many of whom agree with, but whom i often agree with, but just talking nonsense along the lines of, oh, when i was buying my first house, the interest rate was 1,415, but i survived. i mean, look , the young people i mean, look, the young people pay a i mean, look, the young people pay a lot more , a much higher pay a lot more, a much higher share of their income on their mortgages or their rent. now, at five and a half, 5.25% basic rate of interest, then people did at 14, 15. why? because homes are so much more

expensive. their loans are so much bigger compared to a share of their income. back in the 90s, the average home in the uk was 6 to 8 times the average annual income . it's now 10 to 12 annual income. it's now 10 to 12 times, and in many of our big cities, not just london, but many of our big cities, including regional cities, it's even higher than that. so young people are suffering and this is politically contentious . and yet politically contentious. and yet politicians will always back the grey vote because they know the grey vote because they know the grey vote because they know the grey vote will turn up. if young people want to change this, i do think they're going to be increases in the basic state pension age as longevity goes up. but if young people want to change this, they've got to vote in greater numbers, they've got to turn up, they've got to make sure they're registered their sure they're registered at their local local, you local with their local, you know, station , and they know, polling station, and they can exercise their votes . but i can exercise their votes. but i do think a big problem is housing. i think young people will be far better off, be much more likely to save for pensions if they weren't paying so much

money for renting or buying their own home. i often think of housing martin as the everything problem , because so much, so problem, because so much, so many problems stem from the fact that so many british people are spending such a egregious amount of their money simply keeping a roof over their head . and that roof over their head. and that all goes back, i'm afraid, to the chronic shortage of housing we have in this country, because successive governments have not put in place the potential , the put in place the potential, the relevant regulatory environment that means more houses get built. >> suburbs of liam halligan , as >> suburbs of liam halligan, as even >> suburbs of liam halligan, as ever, joined up thinking, erudite, bang on the money as even erudite, bang on the money as ever. thank you for joining erudite, bang on the money as ever. thank you forjoining me ever. thank you for joining me on the show as again . now up on the show as again. now up next, we'll be discussing whether the wealthy should pay more towards the licence fee. the corporation's boss, tim davies , floated the idea, which davies, floated the idea, which has been shot down by the conservatives is it such conservatives but is it such a badidea? conservatives but is it such a bad idea? i'm martin daubney on gb britain's channel .

welcome back 449 is your time. i'm martin daubney , and this is i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news now. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, is said to have floated the idea of charging richer people more for the licence fee as part of reforms for the payment system, as he claimed there were fundamental questions about its longevity and the government have, however, since poured cold water on the idea. but would this be an acceptable approach ? this be an acceptable approach? well, i can now speak with ex—bbc journalist and friend of the show , danny kelly. danny, the show, danny kelly. danny, there's an irony here, isn't there? and that is this, on the one hand, the bbc expects older viewers to cough up more, and yet every opinion poll on the land shows us, danny, the older people are the least satisfied with the service. they get .

with the service. they get. >> well, the bbc don't give a damn about older people because , damn about older people because, as i discovered when i was binned for being 50 and white from the bbc in the midlands to diversify the line—up, they're after a younger audience because the longevity of the institution that's the bbc. martin relies on the next generation of licence fee payers and this is quite important, and it's a great point that you've raised anybody who's over the age of 50, certainly 60 the bbc does, doesn't care about you because they're interested in in attracting the next generation of licence fee payers. and when those 25 year olds that they're after at the moment become 40 and 45, they'll stop caring about them too . otherwise the about them too. otherwise the bbc just won't exist. it relies on new, new blood, if you like. when it comes to the licence fee. so that's a great point. they just don't care about middle aged people, and yet they're now floating. >> the idea of older people paying >> the idea of older people paying more. how would that work? would be means tested ? work? would it be means tested? >> i know if you if ever you

wanted to satisfy your curiosity that the bbc had a socialist agenda , it's the fact that they agenda, it's the fact that they want the proletariat to pay more. sorry to not pay and the bourgeoisie to pick up the bill. this is classic marxism for you. i know we're we're treating this lightly, martin, but how would they means test? you are you going to have to provide evidence of your bank account? and course, people's and of course, people's financial situation, they change, know, people's change, you know, people's finances are fluid. so one year you may be what they class as as wealthy, and then the next year you're so it's a it's a you're not. so it's a it's a situation that i find just impossible. how it's going to work. i just don't know. it's something that just don't feel something that i just don't feel happy about myself, really. martin. quite martin. and people will quite legitimately say, well, look, it's like taxation, but with taxation , although people don't taxation, although people don't enjoy paying tax, they understand why they have to pay tax. and that's the big difference with the bbc, people just can't get there on their heads. why they to 160 heads. why they have to pay 160 soon even if they soon to be £170, even if they don't watch the damn thing. and

that's the difference. so when people try and throw in the red herring of, well, it's just like general taxation. yes, it is, but the thing is, the bbc want you even you you to pay them even if you don't and of course, don't watch them. and of course, it in the craw of many it sticks in the craw of many people because of this perceived bias, correct bias, whether it's correct or not, it doesn't really matter. it's perceive things. it's how people perceive things. at end of the day, they're at the end of the day, they're the ones it. the ones funding it. >> and danny rather than charging for same charging more for the same thing, actually see, thing, we could actually see, strip things back a bit. how about cutting costs? and maybe we could start with some overpaid megastars such as gary lineker. a few quid to save their, isn't they ? their, isn't they? >> yeah, over £15 million. if i was the bbc dj, i'd just buy him out of his contract because there are three things that when people say scrap the bbc licence fee, gary lineker is always in the top three. he's just not worth it. yes he's fabulous. i love the guy, by the way. i'm an everton fan. he scored 30 goals for us in one season. he's a great footballer but he's not worth the political fallout again. it's all to do with

perception. people will say, well, if you're a critic of lineker then you know i don't agree with you. so what's your point? and point is, look, it point? and my point is, look, it doesn't matter whether agree doesn't matter whether you agree with political viewpoints or with my political viewpoints or the that i nicker the fact that i pay 160 nicker to have to listen to him trot out certain things, it makes to have to listen to him trot out feelain things, it makes to have to listen to him trot out feel uncomfortable. t makes to have to listen to him trot out feel uncomfortable. t nyeah, to have to listen to him trot out could ncomfortable. t nyeah, to have to listen to him trot out could startfortable. t nyeah, to have to listen to him trot out could start cutting. t nyeah, to have to listen to him trot out could start cutting back.aah, you could start cutting back. although, martin, you and i disagree, i'm an advocate of the bbc and the fee. i think bbc and the licence fee. i think there is a role for it, but this. i'm sorry. even though i am a fan of the bbc, this makes me uncomfortable. >> former >> yeah. danny kelly, former bbc journalist and always ever present of the show. present friend of the show. thank thank very much. thank you. thank you very much. excellent and what do excellent stuff. and what do people what do think out people what do you think out there about i mean, people there about that? i mean, people talk a lot about huge salary talk a lot about the huge salary bill, do you think we get bill, but do you think we do get good money? mean, good value for money? i mean, friends who say it's friends of the bbc who say it's only a few quid a week, no more than a couple of beers perhaps now got loads of emails coming in. let's have a quick look at some abdul ezedi. some of those abdul ezedi. ezedl some of those abdul ezedi. ezedi, of course, has really got you says this. i'm you going, and says this. i'm very and frightened by very worried and frightened by what the government are permitting happen in this

permitting to happen in this country. enter this country. people enter this country, to be country, pretend to be christians suppressing christians whilst suppressing the concerns of the ordinary taxpaying population and voters. and i don't think labour will make it any better , but i'm make it any better, but i'm concerned that we are being kept in the about what really in the dark about what really happening very eloquently put there. i think many, many there. and i think many, many people will concur with what's you're saying. now, don't go anywhere because up next we'll have all the latest in reaction to chemical attacker abdul ezedi who had a muslim funeral despite his conversion to christianity . his conversion to christianity. and an exclusive letter leaked to gb news from the batley grammar school. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel. but first, here's your weather with alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news.

>> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. good afternoon . further heavy afternoon. further heavy downpours to come across the country tomorrow. bit of snow in places and some very gusty winds. here's the culprit low pressure sitting just to the west of ireland, creating a washing machine scenario across the uk. bands of heavy rain and showers just moving across the uk . we've seen some hell snow uk. we've seen some hell snow today and we could see a bit more tonight as this band of wet weather pushes northwards into parts of england and wales, gloucestershire, herefordshire and into east wales, and across into east wales, maybe into north wales. later on. some snow possible, on. some snow is possible, particularly for tomorrow morning, chiefly over hills. morning, chiefly over the hills. we some snow even for we could see some snow even for a time, to lower further a time, to lower levels. further north turns a bit drier and north it turns a bit drier and colder, with a frost likely across scotland. then we look at the picking up along the the winds picking up along the south tomorrow. very south coast tomorrow. very blustery another blustery day here. another wet one ireland. seen one for northern ireland. seen some from the some problems here from the heavy today and with more heavy rain today and with more rain come there could rain to come again, there could be further disruption. be some further disruption. bands showers, gusty winds . bands of showers, gusty winds. temperatures are going to be

below average for most of us for much of the day. nine, ten, 11 at best. so a cold feeling day with plenty of showers. now the weather going to get a little weather is going to get a little calmer as we go through the long weekend. good friday should see some certainly some sunshine, certainly initially over northern and eastern but the eastern england, but then the showers will going up and showers will get going up and down land at once. more down the land at once. more breezy, windy. fewer breezy, but not as windy. fewer showers on saturday and sunday looks largely dry for many of us at this stage. >> goodbye looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers spot of weather on

gb news. away. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. coming up in your show this afternoon . is our asylum system

afternoon. is our asylum system completely unfit for purpose? a pressing question after it emerged that the chemical attacker, abdul ezedi, was given attacker, abdul ezedi, was given a full muslim funeral. and that's despite the fact ezedi converted to christianity to remain in the uk at his third attempt and next. sir keir starmer is said to have scaled back plans for a quick renegotiation of the brexit trade deal if he gets the keys to number 10. but can we really trust the people's vote champion on brexit, or are we rejoining in disguise ? and to the teacher in disguise? and to the teacher who lost his job for refusing to use a trans people's preferred pronouns , a hearing is set to pronouns, a hearing is set to decide if it was fair to sack him, and i get the view from one employment expert, and that's all coming up in your next action packed hour. thanks for

joining me on the show. it's always an absolute pleasure to have your company. we've had hundreds of emails already on the case of abdul ezedi, the asylum seeker remained in the country after miraculously converting converting to christianity, yet was given a muslim funeral by his family. they clearly didn't believe he was a christian. why did the minister involve. why did the judge who ruled in favour despite the fact ezedi was a proven serial liar and a convicted sex offender? why was he in the uk in the first place? do all of these institutions, these organisations have blood on their hands? plus, in this hour we've got an exclusive letter that the batley grammar school sent out to all parents off the back of the dame saira khan reports. you recall came out this week very critical of the school and its handling of the school and its handling of the way the teacher was harassed, bullied, thrown under the bus and still to this day,

three years later, living in hiding in fear cannot return to work. the only money he's getting is a £5,000 that you so kindly donated. you will not believe it. the school are not repentant at all. all of that coming up. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening to you. well let's update you as to what's happening in baltimore in the united states. audio has emerged detailing the moment that emergency workers tried to evacuate the bridge shortly before it collapsed. here's what happened. >> there's a ship approaching. just lost their steering. so until you get that under control, we got stop all traffic. 313 dispatch. the whole bndge traffic. 313 dispatch. the whole bridge just fell down. start start. whoever. everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed . whole bridge just collapsed. >> you heard it yourself. the whole bridge just collapsed. it

comes after the search for survivors was suspended . with survivors was suspended. with six construction workers presumed now dead . video footage presumed now dead. video footage captured the moment that ship crashed into the francis scott key bridge yesterday morning. the city's port, one of the busiest in the eastern united states, is now closed indefinitely . well, the news indefinitely. well, the news here at home, the environment agency is warning of a crisis in england's rivers and seas, as new figures show sewage was dumped into our waterways for more than 3.6 million hours in 2023. that's more than double the previous year, the highest level on record as well. the 460,000 sewage spills were due to storm overflows. they tell us which release until treated raw sewage into waterways during heavy rain . the leader of the heavy rain. the leader of the liberal democrats, ed davey, says he's been warning the conservative party about what he called a sewage scandal . called a sewage scandal. >> for years, liberal democrats have been warning the conservatives about this sewage scandal for years that the fact

that it's polluting our rivers, our beaches and pushing ecosystems to the brink of collapse. but rishi sunak and the conservatives just haven't listened. they've done far too little. that's why we need a national environmental emergency to be declared, and the sage health experts to come to make sure that we are protecting human health, which is in danger because of this , the uk and the because of this, the uk and the united states have both imposed joint sanctions on a fundraising network linked to the terror group hamas. >> the measures target arms sultana and mustafa ayyash, who are suspected of supporting a group called gaza. now that's a media network accused of promoting the terror group. it marks the fourth coordinated move to sanction hamas fundraisers since the attacks of the 7th of october on israel. the children's service involved in the case of a ten in the case of a murdered ten month old baby boy just weeks after he was handed back to his parents, say they are profoundly

sorry they were unable to prevent his death. finley bowden's parents, shannon marsden and stephen bowden , marsden and stephen bowden, inflicted over 100 injuries on their son before he died at his family home in derbyshire on christmas day on 2020. they were given life sentences in may. it comes after a safeguarding review found that while finley's parents were responsible for his death, professional interventions by the local authority should have protected him . a new poll has found that him. a new poll has found that fewer than 1 in 4 people in britain are satisfied with the nhs. that's at its lowest level since records began 40 years ago, with lack of access to gp's among the chief concerns. long waiting lists are also a major worry , with just 24% of people worry, with just 24% of people polled saying they're satisfied with the health service. and that's down from 70% in 2010. the report found that tightening funding and chronic workforce shortages over the last decade has left the nhs in a continual

state of crisis. the nhs has had, you know , to deal with the had, you know, to deal with the pandemic and we all know that that has created a huge backlogs and huge waiting lists, and we're all committed to catch up to provide a faster, simpler, fairer nhs . we're investing £165 fairer nhs. we're investing £165 billion a year. obviously if you're investing that much, you want to have people satisfied with the service they're getting. but we do know that we've been tackling, i mean, think for the last four months, the waiting lists have started to down, but we're tackling to come down, but we're tackling a backlog. what's a huge backlog. what's interesting england, a huge backlog. what's inteconservative england,i, a huge backlog. what's inteperformance england,i, a huge backlog. what's inteperformance and england,i, a huge backlog. what's inte performance and the and,i, a huge backlog. what's inte performance and the catch up the performance and the catch up is much better than in labour run wales or in snp run scotland . let me just bring you up to date with some breaking news that we're receiving about a teacher. you may remember the case of kevin lister. well he has lost his claim. we understand of unfair dismissal at a tribunal in bristol after he refused to use a transgender. students preferred pronouns. mr lister taught maths for 18 years

at new college, swindon before he was dismissed for so—called gross misconduct, posting on social media, he said today's judgement was very bad news for the teaching profession. in the lead up to the hearing, he said it was not the role of a teacher to confirm the gender transition of a student that news just in to us now, lawmakers in thailand have voted overwhelmingly in support of same sex marriage. it's a historic step for one of asia's most liberal countries , asia's most liberal countries, and will make it the only nation in southeast asia to recognise same sex unions. it comes after years of campaigning and a bill that's been almost ten years in the making . it's expected to be the making. it's expected to be passed into law by the end of the year. that's the news. for the year. that's the news. for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts , scan the qr to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. carmelites .

news. carmelites. >> so just to repeat that breaking news, kevin lister, the teacher, has lost his case. kevin was dismissed for gross misconduct from his job at new college swindon after allegedly abused, refusing to use a pupil's preferred pronouns. 60 year old had refused to refer to a biologically female student who was 17 by the preferred name, and he him pronouns in a level lessons. now, mr lister cited the fact as a mathematics teacher, his job was to teach truth, to teach reality , and truth, to teach reality, and also his religious beliefs meant he did not necessarily agree with this ideology. now the past few minutes, kevin leicester has posted himself on social media on twitter, as it was very as it was formally called, and he said this very bad news for the teaching profession and the thousands of families that have been destroyed by this ideology in schools i lost. he then goes

on to say, i represented myself because i had to, not because i wanted to. the new that's the national education union withdrew their support. my insurance company would not pay, and i didn't want to draw down on anyone else. i do not know what to say. so all the teachers who are horrified about having to support this terrible ideology and have left the profession over it, nor the families that have been torn apart by it. so a significant ruling here, a significant ruling, the defeat of kevin lister at that tribunal will now ask big questions about the compulsion to use pronouns by those in the teaching profession and perhaps far beyond. he lost his job for refusing, he said, to use the pronouns of a, a, a pupil , a to use the pronouns of a, a, a pupil, a biologically female

student. the six year old refused to call that individual a 17 by their preferred name, and he him pronouns in a level ian's and kevin lister i? iansand kevin lister has less ian's and kevin lister has lost that tribunal, saying saying here very bad news for the teaching profession and the thousands of families that have been destroyed by this ideology in schools. i lost as kevin lister . the in schools. i lost as kevin lister. the ruling just in now, let's get straight into that story, which is shining a light on some serious flaws in our asylum system, because it's now emerged that the clapham chemical attacker, abdul ezedi received a full muslim funeral despite claiming to have converted to christianity in order to remain in the uk, and court documents have also revealed that a judge accepted ezedi was a christian convert, despite concerns that the sex offender was also a proven liar

and the home office has warned the reputation of christian churches could be damaged if they are viewed as undermining they are viewed as undermining the integrity of the asylum system . well, we can now speak system. well, we can now speak with pastor graham nichols , with pastor graham nichols, director of affinity. welcome to the show , pastor nichols. it's the show, pastor nichols. it's a case that shines a huge light not only on our asylum system, but surely asks big questions of the veracity of those converting to christianity at this case. on the third attempt, twice having been denied a convicted sex offender who entered the country illegally in 2016, the judge didn't believe a word of his initial testimony as to the reasons he was here. here yet did believe the fact he had converted to christianity. is this damaging for the church ? this damaging for the church? >> i think it's not

particularly, showing the church in a very positive light, particularly the way it's being reported, i don't know the particular church involved, but i do know churches that get involved with asylum seekers and the people i speak to are not naive. they're looking not aggressively , but they're aggressively, but they're looking for red flags, like someone suddenly converting after their first application fails, someone who who is in a desperate hurry to sort of show signs of conversion . signs of conversion. >> so they are looking for red flags. >> they're not naive, but there are people who genuinely convert to christianity, and i am sure that the church involved in that that the church involved in this particular case, in good faith, thought that the person was. i there are much was. and i think there are much more wider issues do with the more wider issues to do with the whole way the system works and the tribunals work. >> home office has >> after the home office has ruled that are much more significant than the role of the church , we can report church, we can only report a little snapshot of seeing someone, you know, a few hours a week at the most, and what we think from that, we can't see into their hearts and we don't

give testimony on that basis of knowing the absolute truth of what they really believe. >> and yet, pastor nichols ezedi was proved to have lied repeatedly , he even failed repeatedly, he even failed a christianity test this guy didn't seem to know the rudiments, and his family have clearly decided he wasn't a christian. they've just given him a full muslim funeral. i put it to you again, why ? why are it to you again, why? why are people involved in the church so determined to see good in somebody so determined ? and in somebody so determined? and in this case, it seems to try and save somebody . they look beyond save somebody. they look beyond the obvious that was there for all to see. this guy was a sex offender, a proven liar, and the church's decision was absolutely pivotal in his right to remain in the country . and then he went in the country. and then he went on to commit this heinous act. surely you have to confess this is damaging for the church. i don't know precisely what you mean by the christianity test. >> i read , you know, we've all >> i read, you know, we've all

got little fragments of the story, haven't we? one was to do with the fact that he said jesus christ was in the old testament, what precisely he meant by that. because christ what precisely he meant by that. beprophesied christ what precisely he meant by that. beprophesied the christ what precisely he meant by that. beprophesied the old christ is prophesied in the old testament comes. 2000 testament before he comes. 2000 years ago, so you know what his understanding was. don't understanding was. so i don't think failing test or passing think failing a test or passing a test, you know, there's a pretty low bar in the sense of saying, i'm a christian. it's believing in jesus christ, being the lord of all, for the lord of all, dying for our sins, alive now, the lord of all, dying for our sins know. alive now, the lord of all, dying for our sins know. so alive now, the lord of all, dying for our sins know. so there'sve now, the lord of all, dying for our sins know. so there's notiow, the lord of all, dying for our sins know. so there's not there's you know. so there's not there's not a an academic test you can do to say, i am definitely a christian. it's not the church's job, in the end, to determine that the state of people's heart, and particularly it's not that the state of people's hea church's articularly it's not that the state of people's hea church's job:ularly it's not that the state of people's hea church's job to arly it's not that the state of people's hea church's job to determinet the church's job to determine whether someone is safe to stay here, clearly , this man from his here, clearly, this man from his actions safe to be out actions was not safe to be out and about anywhere, let alone in this country . and clearly, there this country. and clearly, there were there mistakes made in the whole process. i don't think generally up and down the land churches are being that naive. there's a few , perhaps larger there's a few, perhaps larger churches where where there's a bit of a light shone on them.

but generally speaking, i don't think churches are naive about this. but we do want people to become christians. we're not we're not eager in a in a manic sense or in a, completely lack of discernment sense. we're just eager people become eager for people to become christians that's christians because surely that's better follow because better to follow jesus, because it's true , but maybe pastor it's true, but maybe pastor graham nichols, a lot of people are just saying that there have been reports that there seems to been reports that there seems to be a conveyor belt. that's what matthew said of these matthew frith said of these incidences . and do you not incidences. and do you not accept that people in desperate need to stay here are gaming the system, and they're using the church? and in this case, it's been proven that the guy was a liar went to commit a liar and went on to commit a terrible crime . terrible crime. >> yeah, i do, and the trouble is, i can't speak for the people who wrote those reports. i can only speak for people . i speak only speak for people. i speak to more in churches who who are who are very wise about, you know, all the red flags that suggest that somebody is, is on that of road to deception. that kind of road to deception. but but in the end, we can't determine that, but i'm not

denying that some people are gaming the system. some people do come as christians. do come here as christians. there's loads persecution of there's loads of persecution of christians world in christians around the world in certain and we do certain countries, and we do need give refuge. and need to give them refuge. and there people who get here there are people who get here realise that church is realise that the church is a welcoming and that the welcoming place and that the bible is true. and who do genuinely convert it, it's hard for determine between for us to determine between those who genuinely convert or who were christians already, and those who pretend to convert, and we're not forensic , you and we're not forensic, you know, detectives who who are going to interrogate people for hours to figure it out. that's that's someone else's job. and i think there were enough signs with this particular gentleman out with anything the church was doing, that really should doing, that that really should have raised the alarm. >> okay. pastor graham nichols, director of affinity, thanks for joining us. we're going to have to it there now. labour to leave it there now. labour have reportedly back its have reportedly scaled back its plans to renegotiate britain's trade deal with the european union if it gets into power at the next general election . sir the next general election. sir keir starmer had wanted to secure a major overhaul of the

pact when it comes up for review in 2025, but is said to have dropped his ambitions after brussels warned that they would not reopen the agreement. well, let's discuss this further now with the chief political editor at the financial times, jim pickard, who joins me in the studio in westminster. jim, thanks for joining us. afternoon. i'm glad you're in because starmer, sir keir starmer initially made his comments in the financial times when he said as we go into 2025, we will attempt to get a much a much better deal for the uk and i think there's more that can be achieved across the board , but achieved across the board, but brussels don't want to do that . brussels don't want to do that. >> i think what we're seeing here is we're seeing some expectation management, here is we're seeing some expectation management , where expectation management, where the labour party will keep saying publicly that they do hope to get a better deal, but in reality, the areas where they think they can achieve a better agreement with european agreement with the european union limited because union are very limited because of the intransigence of the eu, which know about . they they which we know about. they they like fits all like having a one size fits all deal when they deal with other

countries, we discovered with countries, as we discovered with brexit single market, brexit and the single market, it's to be fiddling around it's going to be fiddling around the just to remind the edges. and just to remind us, for you, for our viewers, keir starmer was the man who, as shadow brexit secretary, did pursue a second referendum at the end of the last parliament, labour got burnt the general labour got burnt in the general election ever since then election and ever since then he's saying, okay, we're he's been saying, okay, we're not going reopen brexit, not going to reopen brexit, we're to try and we're not going to try and rejoin single market, we're rejoin the single market, we're not try rejoin the not going to try and rejoin the customs union. we're not going to bring back freedom of movement. now, given how much that a change his previous that is a change on his previous position. given that keir position. and given that keir starmer his position on starmer changed his position on a lot things, a lot of the a lot of things, a lot of the time, knows if time, you know, who knows if he's the truth, but we he's telling the truth, but we have take on face value have to take it on face value that he's not going to reopen that he's not going to reopen that worms. so the areas that can of worms. so the areas where the labour party wants to change relationship with the change the relationship with the eu very much around the eu is very much around the edges. there's on edges. there's a bit on security, sort of security, a bit on sort of veterinary deals, erasmus veterinary deals, maybe erasmus student they student exchange. i think they will get some of it, but they may not all of this begs may not get all of it. this begs the question jim, is the question then jim, is starmer dangling a carrot that

he knows he's got no chance of delivering? >> he wants to appeal the >> he wants to appeal to the remainer to remainer base. he wants to appeal to rejoiners . but the appeal to rejoiners. but the european union, brussels have beenin european union, brussels have been in the usual manner. been in the usual blunt manner. they said today there is no appetite whatsoever among the member states to reopen. the trade agreement is sir keir starmer selling the illusion to the electorate of rejoining when he knows he can't deliver on any of it? so i think what we're seeing is we're seeing him in a very kind of compromise , very kind of compromise, situation where he's trying to give remainers a bit of what they which is, know, they want, which is, you know, we've breach with the we've had this breach with the european union. >> let's come little bit >> let's come a little bit closer, whilst at the same time simultaneous, only giving what a lot of voters still want, lot of leave voters still want, which not to go anywhere near which is not to go anywhere near rejoining eu. it's quite rejoining the eu. it's quite a hard trick to pull off. i think what helps him a little bit, and you might disagree, is a former brexit party person, but i think the interest in brexit has subsided lot. i think subsided quite a lot. i think for british public, people for the british public, people are interested in things are more interested in things like nhs, cost of living like the nhs, the cost of living crisis. they're not sat around talking deals and

talking about erasmus deals and i'm talking cooperation i'm talking about cooperation and agreements with the and trade agreements with the eu. so i think the spotlight is often a bit and think, you often a bit and i think, you know, where we are in the know, given where we are in the cycle, think he should be able cycle, i think he should be able to avoid it by now. but when this comes up for renegotiation in 2026, there much more in 2026, there will be much more of certainly a media spotlight of a certainly a media spotlight on this. >> i don't know about you, >> and i don't know about you, jim. talking about jim. i miss talking about brexit, that's just brexit, but that's just me. thanks joining in the thanks for joining us in the studio. political chief political editor at the ft. jim pickard, back. that political editor at the ft. jim pick excellent. back. that political editor at the ft. jim pickexcellent. now back. that political editor at the ft. jim pick excellent. now don't k. that political editor at the ft. jim pick excellent. now don't go 'hat was excellent. now don't go anywhere because to anywhere because we're going to get some reaction to the teacher, lister, who's teacher, kevin lister, who's lost dismissal case lost his unfair dismissal case for misgendering a trans pupil, a real landmark case. we'll have the latest on that after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back.524 welcome back. 524 is your time. and let's get some reaction to that tribunal judgement on former

math teacher kevin lister. he's lost an unfair dismissal tribunal after he refused to use a trans student's preferred pronouns whilst teaching at new college, swindon. well, joining me now is barry wall. he's the founder of the winning mindset. barry, welcome to the show. so a real a real landmark case. kevin lister was adamant that his job as a maths teacher was to teach fact. as a maths teacher was to teach fact . he also as a maths teacher was to teach fact. he also had religious beliefs, which meant he didn't believe in this ideology. he wouldn't go along with the pronouns , system, and he's lost pronouns, system, and he's lost his job as a consequence . what's his job as a consequence. what's your take on this? >> well, my take is that i need to read the judgement quite carefully. and i'm sure that the legal eagles across twitter and various areas will already be doing that. what we're seeing, i think, is that is the beginning of something from the perspective of school teachers. that means there be there that means there may be there may well be more these cases. may well be more of these cases. and think that there are and i think that there are likely be more . whilst

likely to be many more. whilst we continue to allow gender identity be taught identity ideology to be taught in think that's the in schools, i think that's the primary so kevin found primary problem. so kevin found himself the sharp end of himself on the sharp end of deaung himself on the sharp end of dealing a child in distress dealing with a child in distress , that child's distress led , and that child's distress led them as something them to identify as something they not, trying to do they are not, and trying to do they are not, and trying to do the that kevin could for the best that kevin could for that child . he then found that that child. he then found that the itself was the college itself was enthralled to the same ideology that the child was. it puts him in an impossible position. so from perspective, the case from that perspective, the case was a very difficult one to begin and as you say, a begin with. and as you say, a landmark case where there's been landmark case where there's been landmark cases and there landmark cases before and there will will follow will be those that will follow as of this insidious as we see more of this insidious belief system infiltrate our institutions across the board. >> barry , people will say >> now, barry, people will say that pronouns are protected under equality act. but of under the equality act. but of course, we are moving into the realms of compelled speech. we saw jordan peterson in canada , saw jordan peterson in canada, who refused to use pronouns in an academic setting, he he he survived , as it were. this sends survived, as it were. this sends out a very different message. it

sends out the message that if you don't go along with this, then you'll be cancelled. you will be fired. and it seems that the free speech of kevin lister has been trumped by the free speech of a trans student . speech of a trans student. >> i think the word there is seems, and i think it's certainly on the face of it, that's exactly how it appears. martin. i think the thing we must be aware of is that people have been talking about this for a very long time. this is not new. if listen to the women new. if we listen to the women warning us back in 70s and warning us back in the 70s and the that this was going on, the 80s that this was going on, that this particular movement was would well find was building, we would well find ourselves in this situation. ourselves not in this situation. kevin this kevin wouldn't be in this situation. and i would kevin wouldn't be in this situ beyn. and i would kevin wouldn't be in this situ be having and i would kevin wouldn't be in this situ be having this and i would kevin wouldn't be in this situ be having this conversation, not be having this conversation, but didn't. women and men, but we didn't. so women and men, but we didn't. so women and men, but mostly women are being hounded not paying hounded every day for not paying for with this men's rights movement trans ideology for with this men's rights movwhent trans ideology for with this men's rights movwhent peopleideology for with this men's rights movwhent people get logy for with this men's rights movwhent people get caught and when young people get caught up it, trans itself up in it, because trans itself is collective noun, it's like is a collective noun, it's like vegetable. who do you mean? the turnips, the brussel sprouts or the it's a collective the swedes? it's a collective tum. thing tum. it doesn't mean one thing in in kevin's case, in this case. in kevin's case, we a young who was we had a young lady who was

obviously distress. a child, obviously in distress. a child, in distress . and in cases, in distress. and in other cases, it's just somebody else who wants cross—dressing wants to practice cross—dressing in so it's very in public. so it's very difficult pinpoint exactly difficult to pinpoint exactly where the lies. but where the problem lies. but pronoun usage, pronoun pronoun usage, forced pronoun usage, speech, which is usage, force speech, which is what we're seeing, something what we're seeing, is something that everybody with any sense whatsoever will with every whatsoever will fight with every fibre being . that's fibre of their being. that's what program i run is all what the program i run is all about. that's what it's about doing, reality, doing, ensuring that reality, the enlightenment values of john locke and mill's john stuart mill's, you know, all of the stuff that we know has made us the most successful civilisation the most successful civilisation the has seen, and the world has ever seen, and which gender identity, ideology, queer and all its vapid queer theory and all its vapid offshoots do very best to offshoots do their very best to undermine ? undermine? >> okay. thanks forjoining us on show. and barry on the show. and that's barry wall is founder of the wall is the founder of the winning mindset. summing the winning mindset. summing up the tribune . the defeat for tribune. all the defeat for kevin lister, the teacher dismissed for refusing to use a student's preferred pronouns. let me know what you think about that. vaiews@gbnews.com now, nearly 60 years ago, a heartbreaking disaster saw more

than 100 children killed in wales after a catastrophic mining landslide. the aberfan disaster in south wales saw 116 children and 28 adults die after a junior school was engulfed by colliery spoil slip well, a leisure centre built to support bereaved families and bring communities together, is now at risk of closing down due to financial challenges , and financial challenges, and hundreds have now signed a petition to save its future. and joining us now to discuss this is labour's mp for merthyr tydfil and rhymney, gerald jones. thank you for joining tydfil and rhymney, gerald jones. thank you forjoining us jones. thank you for joining us on the show, gerald. the aberfan disaster is something which touched the lives of many, many people. the entire nation was stunned, appalled, shocked and unhedin stunned, appalled, shocked and united in grief and indeed committed to remembering that terrible tragedy. so it would not be repeated . but now the not be repeated. but now the community centre is at threat. what's the latest ?

what's the latest? >> well, as you say, you know, aberfan is a very special place and the community centre lies at the heart of that community, what we've seen in recent weeks is a lot of uncertainty , because is a lot of uncertainty, because of the arrangements between the local authority and the local leisure trust, about transferring the, the management of the leisure leisure services across the borough, in the next few weeks. >> but the aberfan leisure centre is, there is a lot of uncertainty around the future, and we're not getting any answers, really, from , from answers, really, from, from anybody at the moment. and hence the community are really concerned about the, the future of the leisure centre and want answers. >> and what do you think is going to happen around that petition, gerald? because, a report here saying that 1800 people signed that petition, but it's been rejected by the council. who wouldn't accept it? what does that what message does

that send out? >> well, i think that's a very poor message on behalf of the council . i poor message on behalf of the council. i mean, you poor message on behalf of the council . i mean, you know, the council. i mean, you know, the leisure services. no matter who manages them, local residents look to their local authorities, as the, the sort of primary bodies in the area. and for the, the council not to accept the petition, i understand, because there were some inaccuracies in there were some inaccuracies in the petition, in the view of the council . well, you know, people council. well, you know, people put petitions forward. they are , put petitions forward. they are, opinions. they are, concerns that are expressed for residents. and they looked to the council to , to try to the council to, to try to resolve them. and it's a very poor show, that , we have, the poor show, that, we have, the council in this situation , council in this situation, refusing to accept the petition. my refusing to accept the petition. my hope is that the, the local authority and the leisure trust, will get round the table pretty quickly and get some get some answers out into the community because residents are rightly concerned . we've got community concerned. we've got community groups who booked, made bookings

for the centre, who are concerned because they haven't had any confirmation . and it's had any confirmation. and it's really breeding a lot of, a lot of concern in the community because they're not getting any answers, and it's a really , answers, and it's a really, difficult and depressing situation given the role that that community centre in particular plays in the community of aberfan. >> okay. and gerald, of course , >> okay. and gerald, of course, the centre was opened by the late queen elizabeth in 1973. how much money is needed to keep it going? >> well, i think you know the situation as far as i understand the leisure trust has managed leisure services in merthyr tydfil for the last, nine years or so, that hasn't worked out for a variety of reasons. and the leisure services are now, looking to be returned back to local authority control. and it's the, the, the uncertainty over aberfan leisure centre and the, sort of requirements and legal responsibility that that is the main concern is my

understanding. >> okay. that's great. thanks for joining us on the show. and that's labour's mp for merthyr tydfil and rhymney gerald jones. thanks for joining tydfil and rhymney gerald jones. thanks forjoining us. fantastic well let's get straight now to your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. a poll has found that fewer than 1 in 4 people in britain are satisfied with the nhs . it's at satisfied with the nhs. it's at its lowest level since records began 40 years ago, with a lack of access to gps among the chief concerns. long waiting lists are also a major worry , with 24% of also a major worry, with 24% of people polled saying they are satisfied with the service. in other news today, labour says it will ban the bosses of water companies who oversee the pollution of britain's waterways from receiving bonuses . it's from receiving bonuses. it's after new figures show sewage was dumped into england's waterways for more than 3.6 million hours in 2023. that's more than double the previous year and the highest level on

record . and as you've been record. and as you've been hearing, a teacher who lost his job for what he said was his refusal to use a student's preferred pronoun has had his unfair dismissal claim rejected. kevin lister taught maths for 18 years at new college, swindon, before he was sacked for gross misconduct in the lead up to the heanng misconduct in the lead up to the hearing , he said it was not the hearing, he said it was not the role of a teacher to confirm that gender transition of a student. but carol kitching, who was the school's principal at the time, said he wasn't dismissed for his beliefs rather for the way he harassed and treated student . in the treated the student. in the united states, audio has emerged detailing the very moment the emergency workers tried to evacuate the bridge in baltimore shortly before it collapsed. take a listen. >> there's a ship approaching. just lost their steering. so until they get that under control, we gotta stop all traffic. c 13 dispatch. the whole bridge just fell down. start, start. whoever. everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed. >> the whole bridge just

collapsed. it comes after the search for survivors was suspended. six construction workers are now presumed dead. footage of the moment captured. captured by a static camera as it crashed into the francis kotsky bridge yesterday morning, is shown right now. if you're watching on television, but it means the city's port, one of the busiest in the eastern united states, is closed indefinitely . that's the news. indefinitely. that's the news. for the latest stories to sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gbnews.com/alerts . or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> for a valuable legacy your family can own, gold coins will always shine bright . rosalind always shine bright. rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . news financial report. >> let's check on today's markets for you and the pound will buy you $1.2626 and ,i.i67i. the will buy you $1.2626 and ,1.1671. the price of gold is

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welcome back to the show. this is martin daubney , and we're is martin daubney, and we're moving on now to a letter that we received here at gb news from the batley grammar school. you recall we've been covering this story all week in fact, we spoke to paul halloran earlier in the week, and that's because a report came out from from dame sara khan, whose developing story that we've been following closely all week, and of course, that teacher has been in hiding now for more than three years after showing a cartoon of the prophet muhammad in class and that had been pre—agreed, arranged and as part of the curriculum. and it resulted in protests outside batley grammar school back in march 2021. while the prime minister's official spokesman says his treatment has been unacceptable again, that was exclusively told to chris hope yesterday in parliament and

the author of a damning report into extremism, says the teacher was totally and utterly failed by authorities . well, i'll give by authorities. well, i'll give you some of the response now from batley grammar on this report. here's the letter that was sent to us by a parent. this letter was sent out to all parents at the school and they responded to the community. two parents, about that report, which i just said , said that the which i just said, said that the school had completely abandoned the teacher and thrown him under the teacher and thrown him under the bus, as had the union. the new. and that was verified by paul halloran, who's a very close friend of the grammar school teacher and appeared on this show a couple of days ago. in the letter , the grammar in the letter, the grammar school say this we are we are therefore very disappointed by therefore very disappointed by the contents of a government report published today which mentions batley grammar school and reports on what happened here three years ago. this disappointment is because we do not recognise so much of what is

in it, because we do not recognise its the description of what's happened and because we do not recognise the characterisation of the school and our community. now that is the they don't recognise what the they don't recognise what the reports concluded. dame sara khan, the report was, was kicked off by what happened to that teacher at that school and his treatment. the letter goes on to say this. the report authors contacted us before publication and sent us a draft of the report asking us for our comments. well, we were very clear in our response to them that the draft contained a number of factual inaccuracies . number of factual inaccuracies. unfortunately, these mistakes have not been corrected, and we also said that we believed it would not be fair to identify some individual as again, this was not acted upon . you will was not acted upon. you will recall that, in fact, the school supported all of our students, their families and our staff equally , including the teacher equally, including the teacher involved for whom we provide account sling and wider support.

we delivered on our responsibilities and we followed due process. now i just want to point out again, this is in direct contradiction to what we've heard from the grammar school teacher directly to our contact at paul halloran. paul halloran started the gofundme page ' halloran started the gofundme page , which has now reached over page, which has now reached over £96,000, for the teacher who three years on, cannot work. still in fear of his life and the school were primary up there as those among the people who abandoned that teacher, the head teacher put him on instant dismissal and with no chance of him ever returning to that school, had to leave the area. living in fear, unable to work. we found out from dame sara khan he's experiencing ptsd over what he's experiencing ptsd over what he went through. still believed it's too dangerous to walk the streets. where's the justice in

that? where is the feeling that we protect those who serve us? this was a part of the pre—agreed curriculum. this was something that had been done before. paul halloran indeed told us that a co—teacher in that lesson was a muslim teacher. it was specific put in there this visual stimulus to prompt a conversation about extremism, about the use of religious literature , about religious literature, about cartoons of the prophet muhammad. it wasn't done to provoke. it was done as a learning aid , but the full learning aid, but the full knowledge and approval of the school . and yet now they're school. and yet now they're saying they they don't recognise this statement of accounts. well, i'll leave it there for you. this is one that we will not let go on. i think that teacher deserves compensation justice, and he deserves protection. moving on. it's time for our spring giveaway now, and it's the final week to see how

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>> welcome back. 548 is your time. well, loads and loads of you have been getting in touch with your emails about the big topic of the day. and of course, thatis topic of the day. and of course, that is the, revelation that abdul ezedi the chemical attacker , if you recall, attacker, if you recall, converted to christianity, was given a full muslim funeral and burial. here's what you've been saying about that. dust says this there is no point in any investigation into what happened with abdul ezedi. firstly, it will take years. secondly it will take years. secondly it will cost millions and thirdly, nothing will be done , dust. i nothing will be done, dust. i think maybe your cynicism has something in its memory as this.

i do hope victims of yazidis chemical attacks will sue the judge who allegedly knew he was a liar when converting and the church who converted him. they are surely complicit and we've got more on this on the nhs. also, satisfaction with the nhs. that was the topic today. i'm fed up. ken says. if people saying how we've been saved by the nhs , yes they cure people the nhs, yes they cure people and save lives. but guess what? so do firemen and dustmen empty bins. but they don't deserve special recognition, do they? okay, now we've got another story here along a similar pickle to what i've been talking about earlier. the trans stuff, bigger they study by mercury has found that schools in wales are allowing children to change gender without telling parents. under the welsh labour government. well, parents have raised the alarm about the shocking approach being taken to children who questioned their genderin children who questioned their gender in schools in wales, saying it's taking place behind

their backs. while the study by mercury found that only 28% of the schools stated clearly that they would inform parents. well, joining me now in the studio to discuss this in westminster is conservative mp for aberconwy robin miller. robin, thank you for coming into the studio . this for coming into the studio. this will be a huge concern to a lot of parents. this is an foi, a freedom of information that was put out and 100% of schools in wales said they would support gender transition in schools. >> you're right, this is something that parents in wales have to take notice of , and i have to take notice of, and i think they want to understand what's going on. >> just just to be clear , merged >> just just to be clear, merged kymry is the pronunciation and it just means welsh women, as you might be to use that. you might be easy to use that. and it's 100% of the schools that they surveyed, they surveyed representative surveyed a representative sample, schools. and sample, i think 84 schools. and of 68 replied. so it was of those 68 replied. so it was a good return. yes. and these are secondary schools. they're primary schools and they're also welsh and english

welsh language. and english speaking schools. so a real attempt across the piece attempt to be across the piece for this. but you're right, that headune for this. but you're right, that headline finding that of those schools all said that they would help a child transition their genden help a child transition their gender, which raises a whole other set of questions about can a child make those decisions? do they understand the lifelong consequences and all the things that with that , but only 28? that go with that, but only 28? that's just a less than 1 in that's just a few less than 1 in 3, a few more than 1 in 4 would actually tell the parents. and i find that shocking . i find that find that shocking. i find that horrifying, frankly. >> and it's worth pointing out that welsh women, they're not an activist group. they're a group of ordinary women from across wales, concerned mothers. absolutely >> i've met several of them. i've spoken at length with them about this. i wanted to understand what they were, the work they were doing, the concerns it concerns they had because it might strange for a middle might sound strange for a middle aged come along and aged fella to come along and start talking about these things, was so compelled things, but i was so compelled by to say the by what they had to say by the diligence of their work . and diligence of their work. and when that together with when i put that together with what had me , what constituents had told me, then i thought, this has to be

talked about. >> if robin of schools are >> if 28% robin of schools are prepared to allow something secretive to go on, what would you like to see done about that? that can't be right, that the people's precious children are being radicalised. change without their parents knowledge. it has to be a huge concern, not for only parents in wales, but nationwide, because these ideas can take a rabbit hole and spread before you know it. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> the reason why this has been able to, if you like, spread so rapidly or be adopted is because it is the welsh government's lack of action. and by that i mean very clearly a lack of guidance for schools. so you have the parents, obviously, who have the parents, obviously, who have a natural and inherent right in terms of understanding what their child is being taught. the schools then are applying curriculum which is applying a curriculum which is set by the welsh government, the local education authority . it's local education authority. it's different in wales. we don't have autonomous trusts and educational trusts. in wales.

it's the local education authority who will be answering to the school's requests for help. themselves will help. but they themselves will be looking to the welsh government for guidance that government for guidance and that guidance exist. guidance simply doesn't exist. so result, have schools so as a result, you have schools which are uncertain what to do. you have teachers, for example, real example teachers concerned that they're asked to that they're being asked to teach things which they don't agree with and the fear is that if they teach something that they believe . so, for example, they believe. so, for example, that sex is biological. if they teach that, will they then be disciplined for it? are their career consequences for them, for the child? are they going to be confused by this? and sorry, one final point is that in the absence of any guidance, the other thing that we've seen happening and maher maaroufe found this, welsh found found this, welsh women found this report was what this through the report was what they call zombie guidance. so these and other these are toolkits and other tools have been fed into tools which have been fed into the by activist groups, the system by activist groups, which have either been rejected or have been found to be encouraging illegal or unlawful action in terms of mixed sex

spaces, that kind of thing. so there's a real mishmash of, of provision and basically a lack of guidance. welsh government can fix that by issuing it. okay. >> thank you very much for joining us in the studio on that vitally important topic. that's robin miller, the conservative mp for abercrombie. thanks for joining the studio. now joining us in the studio. now that's me. but dewbs& co that's it from me. but dewbs& co is next till seven. and is up next six till seven. and don't forget to join from don't forget to join us from tomorrow in the morning. tomorrow 6 am. in the morning. it's with stephen and it's breakfast with stephen and ellie, followed a course by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev. and then it's tom and emily with good afternoon britain from midday . afternoon britain from midday. and then it's my ugly mush. back tomorrow at 3 pm, i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. thanks for joining me on the show forjoining me on the show today. and now it's time for your weather with alex deakin. i'll see you tomorrow. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> welcome to your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. good afternoon . further heavy afternoon. further heavy downpours to come across the country tomorrow. bit of snow in places and some very gusty winds. here's the culprit low pressure. sitting just to the west of ireland , creating west of ireland, creating a washing machine scenario across the uk. bands of heavy rain and showers just moving across the uk. we've seen some hell snow today and we could see a bit more tonight as this band of wet weather pushes northwards into parts of england and wales, gloucestershire, herefordshire and into east wales, and across into east wales, maybe into north wales. later on. snow possible , on. some snow is possible, particularly for tomorrow morning, hills. morning, chiefly over the hills. we see some snow even for we could see some snow even for a time, to lower levels. further north it turns bit drier and north it turns a bit drier and colder, frost likely colder, with a frost likely across then we look at across scotland. then we look at the winds picking up along the south coast tomorrow. very blustery another wet blustery day here. another wet one northern ireland. seen one for northern ireland. seen some the some problems here from the heavy and with more heavy rain today and with more rain come again there could rain to come again there could be some disruption.

be some further disruption. bands gusty winds. bands of showers, gusty winds. temperatures are going to be below average for most of us for much of the day. nine, ten, 11 at best. so a cold feeling day with plenty of showers. now the weather is going to get a little calmer as we go through the long weekend. good friday see weekend. good friday should see some sunshine, certainly initially and initially over northern and eastern england, but then the showers get going up and showers will get going up and down the land at once. more breezy, but not as windy. fewer showers on saturday and sunday looks dry for of us looks largely dry for many of us at this stage. goodbye that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers as sponsors of weather on

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arrested and tried as traitors . arrested and tried as traitors. do you agree with that? also today, a survey shows the lowest satisfaction levels in the nhs since records began . are you since records began. are you satisfied with how it's all going or not? and if not, how on earth do we fix it all and get this allowance is set to rise for the house of lords to a whopping £360 per day. i'm in the wrong job. but in addition, they'll also be able to claim £100 a night to stay over in london two. do you support that or not? and over in oxford they want to start charging bigger cars, more money to park . good cars, more money to park. good idea. or just plain old simple idea. orjust plain old simple politics of envy. you tell me . politics of envy. you tell me. indeed. i've got all that coming up and more. i want to get stuck into as well. that story. have you seen yet another social services review saying that the child services failed yet another child? what on earth goes on in this society? we'll